2. Summer - Ellsworth Family
The Ellsworth Merchant family is up next! Their main challenge is still to restore their good reputation by having 10 friends, two of which must be one other merchant and Terrence Pelehan, which is in the bag so to speak.
for this round, they pulled Queen of Cups and Clarity and Tor have to try for baby even though they already have four to support.
They rolled 1600 in deco which they spent mostly on their drawing room which is now rather nice from at least some angles, and 6 pieces of furniture which they spent on a chess set and a bed for Alison when she grows up.
Alison is very cute and both her eldest brothers help out with teaching her the skills needs. Should I default replace the toy box toys? Nah, I can live with a rocket.
Devin has a girlfriend, but he's on strict orders from his parents to at least try to woo Ms Adria Ledford, so he makes a nominal attempt.
Clarity does her part to make the rich young lady feel welcome.
"We're actually very well respected in the neighbourhood these days, you know, and no one of sense believes those silly rumours of my husband having been in prison anymore."
"That's very nice Mrs Ellsworth."
"Both Devin and Sven were telling me just the other day, you know, that they think your parents must have been angels to make you so very pretty, my dear."
"Thank you, Mrs Ellsworth."
It seems Adria prefers Devin. Clarity and Tor think this is very appropriate as he's their eldest.
"If you need more flowers for your wedding, you know where to find us."
"That's very lovely to hear, Mrs Ellsworth, but I think my dear Terrence has lovely gardens that will do just nicely."
"Oh, of course he does, he has such excellent taste."
I get to do the Pelehan wedding soon and I'm getting excited, and so I hope, is Alice!
Now that he's older, Sven also helps out around the shop. He usually does restocking while Devin mans the till, but sometimes they have to swap.
Adria visits a lot these days, and perhaps she sometimes thinks Sven is the cuter brother?
But Sven's main interest is nature and Adria has never been encouraged to spend time out of doors.
Clarity and Tor get started on that "try for baby" attempt they have to do for this round. There are chimes. Sigh.
And a pop comes soon. Sigh. Please don't be twins or worse.
Sven invites over Meredith Weaver, his main crush. They at least have something in common.
Clarity thinks her children should be able to do better than a weaver's daughter, but her father James is pleasant enough and she supposes with a little bit of support, the family might climb a bit, socially. Also, James becomes the family's tenth friend, and their reputation is now officially saved, which means they're allowed to marry within their class and above. Good, because it would've been awkward if they went to all that trouble to woo Adria and then not be allowed to go through with it.
Where is Tor in all this, you wonder? Well, Tor now has a fire lit under his butt to max mechanical before Evan Hamsterley, so he spent all his days reading. In the end, it wasn't enough, and unless Gordon McCleary steals it first, Evan is going to get that architect job. Tor will have to do something else, or just help with the shop for the rest of his life.
Sven decides to take the plunge and asks Meredith to be his betrothed. She says yes of course. I think they're really cute together.
Allison grows into a very cute child.
And Johan grows into a decent teen romance sim.
And on the second to last day of the round, Clarity goes into labour!
No death this time, and baby Karl was born. Everyone was happy about this but Clarity suspect their savings isn't going to be enough for all of these kids in the future.
Johan goes to the mining lot one day to smelt some iron and cut some trees. Not quite actitivites suitable for his class, but they're gonna need to make more furniture eventually and he needed some body skills. As a middle son, he might need some practical skills too, who knows where he will end up?
Meanwhile, in the store, the family is making lots of money and working together. They make about 1500-2000 every day, and the business is at level 7. Clarity gets a gold badge in sales, and Devin has one in the cash register, but we're gonna have to train Sven on it too soon.
When the shop has closed, Devin knows what he must do. He's not really strong enough to go against his parents' will, and breaks up with his girlfriend Beatrix. She's free to date someone else now, and I hope she does because her last name is Penhurst and I want it in my hood.
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Tax and Rent this time was 950 simoleons.
The family were able to put 10.000 into savings and with interest, their bank account is now 65.625.
