Aftermath
When Jared woke up, he saw his mother lying on the couch and quietly snuck outside to draw on the drawing table. He knew neither one of his parents would care if he got grass stains on his PJs, but he gave himself a mental reminder to offer to put the clothes in the washer.
Once Clary woke, she began preparing breakfast as she moved the spoon slowly around the bowl, she thought she heard the sound of dripping water.
As she entered the bathroom, she noticed the bathtub leaking and felt the smell of smoke, frowning, knowing that she hadn’t put anything onto the stove yet and being fairly certain that Baptista was asleep, she went to investigate.
The source of the smell did not please her,
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not one bit, and as she tried to figure out how much it’d cost to get it repaired, she remembered breakfast and hurriedly went to finish it.
But by the time she finished, Jared had already snuck back in and grabbed a bag of cookies, and while she gently chided him for not eating a proper breakfast, she didn’t bother to stop him and instead told him to grab a shower once he was done so he wouldn’t make his classmates faint by stinking too badly.
In the meantime, Baptista got up and settled down with a book, Jaden was still sleeping and Clary had gone to make Jared’s bed while Jared showered. He hadn’t really noticed what type of book he’d picked up to read until he sat there with it wondering why on earth Clary had gone out and bought The Origin of Species of all things.
He found his escape when he heard Jaden crying and hastily put the book away, knowing Jaden would be a bit moody until they had “talked” first, only then could Baptista or Clary manage to dress him and feed him. The “talk” was usually about what Jared was up to at school, or what the cat had been up to when they weren’t looking, still, Jaden never did anything before the talk was finished. (Luckily it rarely lasted for more than 5 minutes, so it wasn’t as if it meant that they’d have to hurry getting him dressed and fed)
I love the shop! I don’t yet have any stores that sell anything but craftables in my game but I should try it again sometime. It’s easy to keep up with the stock, at least!
As for Baptista and Clary – what a tense household! I hope sleeping in the same bed again will be a turning point for them.
Valneanne Reply:
October 30th, 2009 at 2:54 am
I’ve tried, and failed, with stores that sell craftable items. Perhaps I’m just very bad at judging how much stuff is needed – I don’t know – but it always ends with me switching. I’m thinking of trying it again though, but only with one shelf, taking it nice and slooow should hopefully make it easy enough for me xD
You’ve no idea! I managed to leave out all the angry-faces that Baptista made, but boy, there was a LOT of them! And he really doesn’t have any right to be mad either! While I’m not going to force them to stick together, I hope that they do, I already have too many single castoffs from both Clary and Pomona, I don’t need more! XD
Carla Reply:
November 1st, 2009 at 11:28 pm
The two (I think it’s only two? LOL) stores I have that sell craftables are both very small! I think that’s definitely the trick!
Valneanne Reply:
November 1st, 2009 at 11:36 pm
It probably is! I might attempt it, I just have to find someone who’re more craft-minded than the ones I have right now… Hm…
Who would’ve guessed Poppy for a microwave addict?
I’m the same as you when it comes to building. But minus the neat roofs. Just big boxes. XD I think the store looks great. You need to avoid headesking as much as possible. That stuff starts to hurt after a while.
And wow… awkward update for this household! Could feel the tension between the entire family. I love in the end, they just go back to sleeping together, no talking about it.
Valneanne Reply:
November 1st, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Not me! But she buys dozens of them when she stops by o.O Odd woman.
Thanks! I like boxes, they’re far easier to decorate than houses that have too many diagonal walls (which leads to headdesking) or too fancy floor-separation (more headdesking).
You bet! I pity poor Jared who was pretty much caught in the middle and left to his own devices for most of the time. The end just seemed to suit them, they both seem (to me at least) to be more “showing” type of sims rather than the types to give long speeches as to the how’s and why’s of things.