You can find the previous week at this household here.
Matthew Cho, a former townie, moved in here some time ago. You can read about his first week in New Maximiliania (and at the same time the previous week with this household) here.
Matthew is an aspiring Celebrity Chef, currently working as Executive Chef. He has a half-Alien son, Chandler, whom you will meet in a minute.
He lives here because he is Deirdre Dreamer's 3-bolt-love. Deirdre is also half-Alien; her human Dad is Dirk Dreamer, who is of course the son of Darren Dreamer. Matthew's son has the same Alien father as Deirdre, which means they are half-siblings, but their relationship is more like that of (step-)mother and son.
Deirdre is working her way up in her career, too; she wants to become Game Designer.
Dirk is now 81 - he was a teenager when the game started, as I am sure you remember. He reached his lifetime want of becoming Education Minister a long time ago and could retire easily, but he enjoys his job and has never rolled the wish to retire.
The family is not just wealthy, but really rich with a fortune of 1,083,746 Simoleons.
On this Monday, Matthew comes home from work with colleague Sirius Swain.
Chandler has also brought someone along, one of his many half-brothers: It is Chan Cho, whose family we visited last week.
Deirdre returns from work not with a colleague, but with a promotion. She is now Guild Leader.
Chan left before Chandler had a chance to befriend him, missing out on the great hamburgers Matthew has prepared for everyone. "I am going to grow up to a teenager this round," Chandler informs his parents and sort-of granddad (Dirk is not really his grandfather, but fills that role willingly and perfectly).
But before he can plan his birthday party, Chandler has to do his homework.
It is Tuesday, and Dirk begins the day at the grand piano.
Chandler now has the same hairstyle as his Dad - that makes it easier to discern him from some of his half-siblings, who by default have all the same hairstyle.
Matthew has the day off and Deirdre's work starts at 2:00 pm. The couple make use of the morning by skilling for their next promotions.
Chandler jumps off the school bus all happy - he has received his first A+ report today!
On Wednesday morning, I catch Matthew shaking the ants' glass case on his own accord. Shame on you, Matthew! You should know better than frightening the tiny animals!
"I'll grow up in another few days!" Chandler seems to be so excited by the prospect of becoming a teenager that he hardly talks of anything else.
After school, another one of his many half-siblings comes home with him: Chimmy Cho. They get along well and spend hours playing cops and robbers before Chandler finally sits down to do his homework.
Dirk went straight to bed after returning from work. He is asleep for the rest of the day.
It is already 10:00 pm by the time he wakes up, feeling much better. He heads for the bathroom.
"What are you all doing in my bathroom?" He is surprised, but I am not - Mr. Reaper and his Hula Girls were to be expected today. At the age of 83, Dirk Dreamer says good-bye to this life and joins his Dad and his long-gone Mom in the great big lot in the sky.
Poor Deirdre takes it hard. She was always close to the only parent she's ever known, and even more so after her sister Dora died. I am glad she is not alone, but has Matthew and Chandler to show her love and support.
Thursday goes by uneventfully with the exception of Kennedy Smith walking by and being invited in. The adults have the day off, and in hindsight I could have used it as their community lot visiting day, but before I thought of that, it was nighttime and Chandler had to go to bed.
Just before the school bus arrives on Friday morning, Chandler manages to fit in a spot of fishing.
Deirdre has the day off, and when Matthew and Chandler have left the house for work and school, she does some gardening on her own initiative. It seems to help her with the grief over her father's death; she sticks to it until everything is done, even when a thunderstorm passes through early afternoon.
It still rains at 3:00 pm when Matthew comes home from work and Chandler from school. Matthew has been promoted to Restauranteur and now needs four skill points for his next promotion.
Chandler is accompanied by class mate Carrie Capp. "Hello Mr. Cho!" she greets Matthew cheerfully. She's such a sunny little girl, I really like her!
A family meal of the kind I enjoy!
Shortly after Carrie has left and Chandler has helped his Dad clearing up after the meal, he grows up into a teenager. My dice decides on his aspiration to be Pleasure; his lifetime want will only show up tomorrow morning.
Deirdre retreats to her father's bedroom for the evening and studies mechanics under his portrait.
When Chandler gets up on Saturday morning, I learn that his lifetime want is to have 50 dream dates - more fitting for a Romance Sim, but never mind, he'll give it an honest try!
Autumn has begun, and Deirdre changes into a warmer outfit.
Chandler's room gets a bit of a make-over for a more grown-up look; a new bed and chair as well as different wallpaper and carpeting.
As you know, this family is really rich, and so Chandler can easily afford to enlist the help of the Matchmaker for his lifetime want. He does not know any other teenagers yet, which means he can not call anyone from his own phone book for a date.
Paper girl Claire Benson is summoned. There is a two-bolt attraction between them.
Chandler's very first date goes well, in spite of money being the first topic of conversation that comes to his mind!
The date ends "great"; not bad for Chandler's very first try at this whole dating business! Claire later leaves a single red rose with a message on the doorstep.
Deirdre returns from work well after dark, but with great news: She is now Game Designer and on Permanent Platinum, three days before she will turn into an elderly lady!
The week ends with Sunday on a rather unspectacular note. Deirdre is sick with a cold...
...same as Matthew, but while she has the day off and can do as she pleases, he has work at the restaurant waiting for him.
Chandler finds out he can not ring Claire Benson for another date (she is shown as someone who does not own a phone) and asks the Matchmaker for help once more. This time, Nicole Thompson appears, and once again, the evening results in a good date, but not a dream date.
This is where the week ends for this household; Deirdre has reached Permanent Platinum, Matthew is not all that far off, and Chandler has only just begun.
Dirk's long and good life has ended, and his tombstone is now at Gamesend Grounds.
There are two more Sims by the surname Cho in my game: Charlie Cho (son of Etsu Cho) and his wife Tina, nee Traveller. We will visit them next.
Farewell to Dirk, long gone in my game so great to visit with him in yours. It’s another full house with lots of achievements!
ReplyDeleteGreat that Deirdre got her LTW before she’s an elder, this family certainly don’t need to worry about finances!
I have a hack that allows you to call npc’s (another bug that wasn’t fixed!) so let me know if you’d like it and I’ll mail it to you.
Good idea about the hack to call NPCs. If you say it has not caused any problems in your game, I trust it won't cause any in my game, and would be grateful for you to mail it.
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