We have accompanied Klara Vonderstein "from afar", without really focusing on her, all through her college life. Now she is a Senior and has just graduated Summa Cum Laude in Political Science at Strangetown's La Fiesta Tech.
According to Maxis, "Though Klara was at first excited about studying abroad, she finds Fiesta a bit provincial and her fellow students strange. She's not interested in spending time with anyone, really, and is working to overcome an espresso addiction." Nothing of it proved not to be true - she has made friends with most of her dorm mates, and even autonomously fell in love with Almeric Davis.
Her aspiration is Knowledge, but unfortunately her heart is set on using any knowledge she can gain towards becoming a Criminal Mastermind.
She certainly has no qualms talking about her career plans to the professor who has come to her graduation party!
Eventually, the taxi is here to take her to Strangetown, where her former dorm mate and friend Stella Terrano has rented a flat in this building and told her that there are still two more available.
The Landlord seems kind enough, she can afford the rent, and once Klara has signed on the dotted line, she can move in.
The second floor is all hers. Zaitrarrio Lee has recently moved into the ground floor, while upstairs from Klara lives Stella, and the upmost flat is rented by a townie.
The outfit Klara has found to be her everyday one upon growing up is very different from what she was used to wearing at college! Maybe this calls for a change in the rest of her appearance, too.
The new Klara seems to favour purple, although she does look a bit uncertain about the hair, I must admit. The lighter glasses and different lipstick suit her much better than what she had, I think.
Of course, her college sweetheart Almeric is invited over instantly. Strangely enough, however, he can not be asked to move in, although he has graduated as well - but he has not had a party yet, and has not left campus for good just yet.
Never mind the burnt toaster pastries - Klara happily spends the day with Almeric. In her four years at college, she only gained the one compulsory cooking point, can you believe it!
William Williamson, another former dorm mate of Klara and Almeric, calls and asks them to meet a him and a bunch of friends at Games of Glory.
The Grunt brothers, Blossom Moonbeam and Stella Terrano are all part of the group along with William, Almeric and Klara.
The friends enjoy hotdogs after everyone has had a go at various games; then it is time for Klara to say goodnight.
On Tuesday morning, Klara wakes up wondering whether today she will find a job in the criminal career.
Since she doesn't, she decides to learn how to cook - now that there is no dorm cook to rely on, it's the only way she'll be able to have proper meals on a regular basis.
Kristen Singles walks by just as Klara has been to the mail box to pay the bills, and of course she is invited to come up to the roof terrace.
There, Klara applies her newly learned cooking skill and makes a batch of burgers for herself, her guest and her fellow tenants. Unfortunately, she insists on taking her own plate downstairs to her flat instead of sitting at the table with the others.
Wednesday sees Klara similarly engaged in household matters and skilling, but she greets passers-by Chloe Singles. This time, the hotdogs she's made on the rooftop grill are actually eaten up there under the starry sky over Strangetown. The ladies do not only have the same haircut, they also find that the one topic of conversation they agree on is fashion :-D
There are no pictures for Thursday and Friday, because both days were almost identical to the days before: Klara still didn't find an opening in the criminal career, and as a Knowledge Sim, all she really wanted was to skill - and skill she did! I made sure she talked to at least one friend every day and had her meals and cleaned up, but that's about it.
On Saturday, the Landlord hosted the customary tenants party and ordered pizza for everyone. At first, Karla was the only one to sit down and grab a slice.
But then she was joined by Stella (who is one of her best friends since they went to uni together) and Mr Lee from the ground floor. He made the mistake to admire Klara, which she found inappropriate.
Every morning, the first thing Klara has been doing was checking the Simternet for a job in her dream career, without success. On Sunday, she is finally lucky - but she will start as a Con Artist only on Monday.
That gives her time to spend this first day of winter just as she likes best, which is of course skilling - but with a small Christmas tree on the coffee table :-)
Before the week is over, I have her talk to Almeric on the phone; they only saw each other on Monday, but Klara never rolled a wish about him as seems to be the case quite often with my playable students and their college sweethearts once they have graduated and moved to a place of their own.
I like Klara's new look and apartment. She may not have found her dream job until the end of the week but she has skilled well and made lots of friends.
ReplyDeleteIt's annoying that you can't ask another college playable to move in until they are officially an 'adult' but it won't be too long before Almeric's turn on the list. :)