The first year at this fraternity house is here.
Welcome back to the Urele-Oresha-Cham House, the oldest fraternity at Desiderata Valley's Sim State Uni.
Of course, there is nothing better to celebrate the end of their Freshman and the start of their Sophomore Year with than freshly baked pizza, brought straight from Campus - and for free at that! By the way, with their combined grants, the boys had more than 12,000 Simoleons in cash, and invested some of it in better showers.
Dining al fresco sounds grand, but if you look at it more closely, it's just two guys eating pizza straight from the box, sitting on an old bench in an untidy backyard.
Castor has quickly acquired the skill point he needs for this semester and would be ready to get started on his Term Paper, were it not for the computer needing a repair. With not much mechanical skill, I fear he could be electrocuted, but Castor masters this task very well.
Downstairs in the dimness of the hallway, Kevin needs two attempts to tune the piano before he can work on the creativity skill needed this year.
Castor has managed to write his Term Paper in one go and is now free to do pretty much as he pleases - which at the moment is sleep.
Strangely, he is not at all bothered by the stereo blaring out Reggae music right next to his bed - he sleeps soundly.
Doing pretty much what he pleases means he spends hours at the bubble blower. If it weren't for having to go to classes and me directing him to make an occasional phone call, he'd probably be there forever.
Winter is setting in with the first snow falling just as Joshua and Castor have another al fresco dinner - this time, it is really VERY "fresco"!
For his next meal, Castor prefers the kitchen, and so does Ashley.
Who can jump the highest, doing the school cheer? Surprisingly, Kevin wins!
Castor takes it upon himself to carry the empty pizza boxes out to the bin.
He then graces me with a great performance at the piano; he is becoming really good at it.
Joshua has invited his love interest over. Tiffany Sampson lives just across the road in the sorority house, and she has brought her "sisters" along. All of a sudden, Joshua finds himself too shy for words, and so the two of them have a silent meal in the kitchen without even looking at each other.
Ashley fares only a little better. His hygiene level is very low, but he is so smitten with Heather Huffington - his 3-bolt-match - that he follows her around the house like a puppy. At least there are pink hearts by the time Ashley finally and reluctantly leaves to go for that badly needed shower.
"He wasn't exactly as fresh as a daisy," Heather remarks to Castor once Ashley is out of earshot.
The end of term is here, which means of course exams. All four students pass with flying colours and get the full grants, just passing the 13,000 Simoleons mark. Some lamps for the house, maybe?
As usual, it's skilling time for everyone, and Castor needs a cooking point. Making spaghetti can't be all that hard, can it?
Kevin and Ashley both need to study cleaning, and do so in perfect sync. Their amazement at what they learn is almost tangible: "It says here that one should clean the toilet with a BRUSH!!" - "Yes, and that this needs doing practically EVERY TIME one has been going...!"
This semester, Joshua completes his Term Paper before anyone else. He seems to be motivated by his Fortune aspiration, thinking of all the money he'll make once he has graduated and advances in his career.
As usual, it's skilling time for everyone, and Castor needs a cooking point. Making spaghetti can't be all that hard, can it?
As you can see, the boys have finally bought a few lamps for the fraternity house, like this one on the desk.
After the revelations from the book about cleaning, Kevin needs to brush up on his logic. Castor doesn't need it for his course this semester, but he is happy to join his frat brother at the chess table.
Here is something I have never noticed before (I think): When a Sim joins a LAN party, like Ashley does here on his own initiative, the old familiar EA Games logo appears, followed by SimCity 4. Quite a nostalgic moment!
Castor has just finished his Term Paper. In the back you can see another small modification I have made to this room: I have removed the second bed (it still was the original cheap one) and added a wardrobe.
Castor has been wanting to throw a Toga Party, and while he prefers to stay indoors on a cold winter's night like this, some of his "brothers" have either not found their toga (like Ashley) or, like Kevin, don't seem to mind the cold.
He has just witnessed Heather and Ashley kissing, and gets all upset. I seem to remember he and Heather had a crush; but hey, she's Ashley's three-bolt-lady, and that always takes precedence.
Besides, he has no reason to complain - he found his three-bolt-lady already in his Freshman Year when he met Vamsi. Now the two are in love true and proper.
Joshua can't help but remark about the silliness of being out in the snow in your toga... or your PJ bottoms.
The hot tub is used by Heather and Tiffany, with Ashley swooning over Heather. I expect him to get in as well, but he never does.
Instead, after the party has ended as a roof raiser, the boys end the evening on a high :-D
It is almost spring, but it has snowed heavily again over night - enough for Castor to build a snowman.
The house must have good central heating for the boys to walk around in their PJ bottoms!
The llama and the cheerleader get along well.
The cow also gets along well with the llama...
...but not with the cheerleader.
Cheerleader 1 - Cow 0. (I wouldn't want to have to fight wearing a full body cow costume, complete with the head! But then again, I wouldn't want to have to fight in the first place anyway.)
The second semester of the Sophomore Year has just flown by for Castor, and all four "brothers" pass their end-of-year exams with A+ grades, spots on the Dean's List and full grants.
Next time we'll come visiting here, it will be for Ashley Pitt's Senior Year. I am looking forward to following the various romances and other relationships the boys have been establishing this year!
I also want to make more of an effort again to move the Fraternity forward, maybe with one or two new members. We'll see.
An action packed Year for all the boys and I too am looking forward to seeing how things progress with their various romances.
ReplyDeleteThere is always something going on in that house, which makes it difficult to send them to a community lot or take care of the Fraternity with new pledges and so on. But they boys are fun to play!
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