Francis J. Worthington: Week 5

More than two years have passed in real life since our last visit to this modest house in New Maximiliania's oldest part.

Inside, you can still see the remnants of a party. Who lives here?

Abbey, a 30-year-old dog...

...Kim, a much younger cat...

...and Francis J. Worthington III, who first entered our game as a rather wealthy playable student living in his own house.
He has long finished studying Economics with Magna Cum Laude, and since his rather recent autonomous change of lifetime want, he is aspiring to become Space Pirate.
When we left him in 2016, he had just been promoted to Multiregional Sim of Some Importance.

On this Monday morning, he cleans up the party mess, makes sure his pets are fed, and rings a friend.

Emmy Despret, the Atrociously Evil Witch, is invited over. What for, you may ask. Well, Francis woke up with the wish of seeing Emmy "cured" of being a witch, and since I have played this so very rarely (if ever!) in my game, I give it a shot.

Emmy has a present for her old friend Francis...

...and Francis has one for his old friend Emmy.

She drinks the contents of the flask, and moments later...

...looks like this. Not bad, I think! But Emmy is an NPC, and Francis does not feel attracted to her other than the close friendship they have, and so there won't come anything of it.

Francis has to leave for work shortly afterwards anyway, and returns with a promotion to Deep Sea Exacavator.

As soon as the car pool is gone, he turns into an Elder. You know me - I am not too fond of the witches' and warlocks' outfits, and so I have Francis change his appearance.

On Tuesday morning, I find Abbey resting (and later sleeping) in her dog house - finally! All of yesterday, whenever she was tired, she would rest where she was, be it out on the pavement or somewhere on the floor in the house.

Sadly, Mr. Reaper comes to play her last game of fetch with Abbey. She was 31 and had a happy life with Francis and Kim. Now that Francis has only Kim left for company, and is an elderly Sim himself, there is the logic next step for him:

He moves to the Senior Residence with his cat.

We have already four residents here: Bottom and Björn Summerdream, who are both 69, Jimmy Phoenix, the oldest at 81, and Gunnar Roque, 67.
Francis is not only the youngest of the bunch, he is also the only one not (yet) on Permanent Platinum, and so the main load of household tasks will be on him.

He can start right away, as there are still the dirty dishes from the previous day's meal around. By the way, it is Friday now. I have to keep track of the days, so that Francis will get his fair share of 7 days per round, not more, not less.

It is Saturday morning, and Kim has discovered how nice a window seat can be. There weren't any at the old small house, but here she has all the comfort she deserves.

Björn rather cleans the windows from outside than the toilet off the common room.

Especially when this allows him to look at his beloved wife asleep in her bed!

Francis returns from work with a smile on his face, and a promotion to Relic Liberator.

Kim is never short of attention here, as is obvious on this Sunday morning when Gunnar plays with her.

Francis has made omelettes for breakfast, much to Bottom's delight. She is the Sim here who seems least able to take care of her needs.

When Jimmy wakes up from a late afternoon nap, it is to find a packed suitcase and a special cocktail waiting for him. He was 83 and is quite ready to leave this world, after he has reached his lifetime want so long ago.

Didn't I just say Bottom seems to be least able to look after herself? As if to prove me wrong, on Monday morning she decides to make pancakes for everyone. Thank you, Bottom!

Francis cleans Kim's toilet before sitting down for breakfast.

He spends good part of the morning working to acquire another body skill point.

I catch Bottom putting soap powder in one of the fountains on her own accord - something I can't remember having witnessed here before!

Francis returns from work with a promotion to Dread Pirate. I think that's just one step away from reaching his lifetime want.

He starts Tuesday bright and early with another session on the training course for one more body skill point that he needs for his next promotion.

As he has the day off, I send him to the Fortress of Eternal Darkness, accessible to him because of his magic abilities.

He tries to study there, as he needs a mechanical skill point, but somehow it doesn't work. Still, it is nice that the witch's feline companion joins him on the luxurious settee.

As Francis influenced the former head of the "evil" witches to renounce all magic powers, I was looking forward to seeing who had taken her place. It is a much younger witch by the name of Amanda Steele.

Back home, Francis is very tired but finds his bed occupied by Kim. No worries - with currently four human and one feline resident here, there are enough unoccupied beds to choose from each night (or day).

Wednesday is the 7th day I am playing Francis, and his last for this round. While he is out at work, Gunnar greets Callum Capp.

Later, on his own accord, he flies one of the kites dotted around the Senior Residence.

Francis returns from work with a promotion to Warhead Disarmer. (So, Dread Pirate was not the last step before Space Pirate - I'd forgotten!) He needs one more mechanical skill point and sets to work almost immediately.

How long before he'll reach his lifetime want?
Who is going to arrive next at the Senior Residence?