TS4: The Purdues - Week 2

For week 1 with this household, you can either click here or on the label with their name and scroll down.

It's been 5 1/2 years in real life since I last played this household - thinking of all that has happened in my life since then is quite overwhelming! But before I start boring you with it (and that's what my other blog is for anyway), let's get reacquainted with the Purdue twins, Ollie and Cassidy.

Ollie is an aspiring Master Painter and Cassidy works hard at becoming a Musical Genius. They have both reached several minor milestones during their previous week, and Ollie has been providing for them financially by selling most of his paintings as soon as the paint was dry on them.

They are still in their modest trailer-like home, and no improvements have yete been made to it.

On Monday, Ollie finishes his first masterpiece - it is worth a lot more than a painting that is "excellent", and can be sold off to a gallery. Of course, he does just that!

Meanwhile, Cassidy is hardly doing anything else but practice, practice, practice on her guitar:

I want these two to meet as many other playable Sims as possible, and so I send Cassidy out to greet Alexander Goth when he walks by. Later, she meets Geoffrey Landgraab, and Ollie meets Travis Scott.

Here is Ollie getting breakfast on Tuesday morning. Needless to say, the paintings here are all his own - painted while in the "confident" mood.

It's a beautiful day, and many Sims are out walking or running. Giulianna Riley is today's new acquaintance for Cassidy.

On Wednesday, the shower needs repairing. Because he is "between paintings", I have Ollie complete the task.

Next door lives Betty Larson, recently moved in. Could she be a potential romantic interest for Ollie?

It looks like Cassidy and Giulianna are getting along like a house on fire!

As far as I can tell, Summer Holiday is friends with both twins. She is friends with almost everyone now, as befits someone with the lifetime want of being "Friend of the World".

By Thursday, Ollie completes his fifth masterpiece - another milestone for him.

Almost every day this week, Summer rings and asks to come over. She is never denied, even though Ollie and Cassidy mostly just go about their usual painting and guitar playing, no matter who is around.

I send Ollie over to Betty Larson's house, just across the street.

Nobody is home, though.

This picture shows the layout: The house at the top is Betty's, the Purdues live at the end of the cul de sac.

Summer comes visiting without ringing first:

Cassidy is writing a mournful song. Writing five songs is her next milestone, and it takes me a while to figure out how it works, with a stack of sheet music in her inventory, and clicking on them to complete each song.

It is mostly Ollie who does the cooking here, and he seems to be quite pleased with what he produces for their meals:

Summer talks to him just as much as to Cassidy.

On Saturday, Cassidy has Alice Kim-Lewis and Giulianna Riley over for lunch.

Ollie works on his friendship with Travis Scott.

It is Sunday, and the Purdues have not been anywhere but home (and across the road, but that hardly counts). I send them to the "Blue Velvet" nightclub.

Cassidy has never before played the piano, but as an aspiring Musical Genius, she is not shy and starts tinkering away regardless of her audience. And even though her skill level on this instrument is still at the lowest end, she receives tips from almost everybody:

Some familiar faces turn up; look at the beautiful hairdo on Dina Caliente! The man in the light blue shirt is Brent Hecking, another playable.

It looks like Cassidy's piano playing is appreciated by everyone.

Dina and Ollie end up sitting at the same table for a while...

...before he goes to the bar in the back room and has a drink along with Brant Hecking, Brent's husband.

It is time for the siblings to head home, their week is over. As they board the taxi, I spot Dina Caliente, Eliza Pancakes and Nancy Landgraab dancing the night away.

This could have been a boring week, what with Ollie and Cassidy almost non-stop painting or playing the guitar. But I broke it up with visitors coming over and passers-by being greeted, and of course the trip to the night club at the end of the week. Ollie is not far from reaching level 10 in the painting skill, and Cassidy on the guitar. Maybe they will be my first TS4 Sims to reach their lifetime wants.