Calendula and Servo Capp - Week 3

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The next member of the widespread Capp clan on my alphabetical list lives in this cosy little cottage.

It is Calendula Capp, one of Tybalt Capp's Plantchildren who became fully human years ago. Her husband is the first Servo who was ever built in New Maximiliania, by no other than Angela Pleasant.
Servo made his lifetime want come true last round when he was elected Mayor of New Max, while his wife is only one step on the career ladder away from becoming Celebrity Chef and spending the rest of her life on Permanent Platinum.

When he is not at work, Servo does what Servos are made for: taking care of everything that wants doing in and around the house. Here, he is preparing a delicious dinner of salmon for his wife, who is of course perfectly capable of cooking. But he feels she does not need to do that at home, when her job revolves around cooking all the time anyway.

On this Monday, Calendula reaches maximum creativity. She still needs two more cooking points for her next (and hopefully last) promotion.

Early on Tuesday morning, Servo has lost almost all his power and needs to recharge. Unfortunately, it is still hours before sunrise, and so all he can do is patiently wait. By the time he has to leave for work, he is just about fully recharged.

It is another day off for Calendula, giving her plenty of time to reach maximum cooking sill - now her skill profile is complete for the next promotion.

And that is what she talks about with Servo after he returns to work.

Of course Servo never sleeps, and so he is around when stray dog Alegra appears in the front garden. The two play together for a while, but somehow Servo finds the RC car more interesting - maybe because it is, after all, a machine like himself. The car was in Calendula's inventory when I opened the lot this round.

She has another day off today, and now that she has done all the necessary skilling for her next promotion, she can relax and go to Amelia's Closet for some new clothes.

Green is her favourite colour, and she buys a pile of green items. (Even though they don't look green in the picture.)

Then, she meets and greets several other Sims, among them Carl Capp, a cousin of hers.

Back home, she invites her best friend Giselle Goth over. Only now does she realise that she has, in fact, bought the same outfit that Giselle has been wearing this summer - only in green.

Her brother Clover Newson is also invited, as well as some other friends.

One of Calendula's wishes was to buy a grill that costs at least 1,000 Simoleons. It is quickly installed, chairs and a table are set up nearby, and Calendula grills blackened catfish for everyone.

Thursday is a fine sunny day, and Calendula has several hours left before her shift at the restaurant starts. Servo is already at work, and so she spends most of the time outside, playing with the RC car.

Then she leaves for work, and Servo returns just in time to greet passers-by Patrick Patel.

He has (again) completely neglected is need for recharging and is inactive when, later that evening, Calendula returns from work. "Aaaw, poor darling," she sighs. It will take a while before she can tell him of her latest and final promotion: She is now a Celebrity Chef, having reached her lifetime want two days from Elderhood.

Now that Calendula is on Permanent Platinum, I rarely control her. Hardly surprising, she spends the first hours of Friday morning working out until complete exhaustion.

After she has recovered, she takes care of her needs quite well, and even cleans the bathtub - something that is usually Servo's job. And indeed, he comes into the bathroom and cleans the tub all over again!

Both husband and wife have today off, and so Calendula invites her brother Clover over, along with his wife Ginger Newson and her brother Gavin.
She prepares bass and squash on the grill, and the four of them spend a most pleasant summer afternoon and evening together.

On Saturday, I have Calendula interrupt her workout to greet Lisa Gieke. As usual with my PermaPlat Sims, greeting fellow New Maximilianians is one of the few occasions when I still control them.

At 6:00 pm, Calendula...

...turns into an elderly lady. Pink? I didn't expect that! And of course, the tweedy fabric is too warm for summer; she will have to go shopping for clothes again, I'm afraid ;-)

And who's this, age-transitioning into an elderly gentleman?

Well, it is of course no other than our Servo!
I confess I did some research about Servos on SimsWiki, and found out that while there seems to be no cheat or other way to turn them into full human Sims, they can at least look like humans. This is done by having them age-transition with the help of the Tombstone of Life and Death, an object I am sure you are all familiar with.
Servo still is Servo - with all his robotic needs and the robot language as before, and of course not really "aged"; Servos have no lifetime bar, as you know. I was just curious to find out what he'd look like in human shape, and the couple are as affectionate with each other as before.

Sunday is quickly told; I send husband and wife to H&M for new outfits.

Calendula goes back to her favourite green, and Servo stays in the outfit he transitioned into.
Their week ends unspectacularly, if you do not count the humanisation of Servo as spectacular.

Now that they are both "elderly", I wonder whether to move them to the Senior Residence - Servo would certainly be a most useful addition there, with his endless enthusiasm for housework, gardening and everything else that needs doing!

We're not done yet with the Capp households in my game. Who's next?