#introround

Not all much happened for the Grunts in the intro round. Buzz took Tank and Buck out to a diner where Buck spent most the time chatting with Jill.

When they got home Buzz continued pushing Tank probably too hard, as usual.

And Ripp spent the round looking like this.

I can't wait to get Ripp to college and away from this super toxic home life </3

Despite being the most mysterious household in Strangetown, Olive and Ophelia were one of the least dramatic so far!

Ophelia invited Johnny over for some 'bonding'.

And Pascal invited Olive to an outing Downtown, I really think this is him trying to get Nervous back in touch with his mother :'))) He did bring Tycho which, although very cute, did ruin the vibe.

Finally getting to the Stranetown intro rounds and we kick it off with an abduction, how fitting!

A few hours later, he was dropped back to the beautiful sound of baby chimes :D

All that excitement must've sent Pascal into labour, Tycho Curious is our first Uberhood baby <333 (If you don't count the Oldie's adoption)

Nervous stopped by to check on Pascal after the birth and things got flirty pretty quick.

When Pascal got back from his date, Olive Specter came to visit. I like to think she's been keeping an eye on her son since he was taken from her and Pascal is the first step to getting back in contact with him :')

That night, Jenny invited the brothers out for dinner but with Lazlo at work and Pascal looking after Tycho only Vidcund could make it.

Lazlo spent most the round lounging about the house as he tends to do. I did try to take him out a few times but nothing too interesting happened!

I also put Vidcund in the Natural Scientist career and Lazlo in the Paranormal career as I think it suits them better.

I know canonically the Ottomas' should live in Riverblossom Hills, but I love to torture myself and put them in a trailer in Pleasantview.

All hail queen Dora <333

David went out to try and make some friends but didn't get far before it started to hail.

Then Brandi stopped by, pregnant women gotta support each other after all.

Samantha: 'Oh girl I get it, I've fallen asleep in my dinner countless times too. Kids, am I right?!'

Brandi: 'Huh?'

When everyone had fallen asleep, Peter and his work colleague Stella Roth got a little too close.

Poor Tommy doesn't even know what he's seeing :((

Jennifer's LTW is to be Chief of Staff, so the first thing she did - aside from roll a fear of having another baby, sorry John - was join the medicine career.

If John can't have another baby yet, he'll settle for a dog. Meet Tucker, named after John's old family dog from ts1!

He's also determined to continue gardening like his parents did when he was younger, dreaming one day Jennifer will agree to move to Riverblossom Hills.

Lucy spent the rest of the round bonding with Tucker and Jennifer spent her time skilling for work, so John headed downtown for some late night coffee.

To combat the usual 'boring old couple' gameplay, I always have Herb and Coral adopt again. So after getting them some part time jobs in the education and slacker careers, Coral signs up to adopt a child and a kitten. Because why not.

Little Gus is dropped off immediately! (Visible coat for kittens and puppies can be downloaded here)

I love him >.<

Herb and Coral rekindle their relationship and then invite Mary-Sue and the girls over that evening, I'm sure that won't go wrong at all.

With all that fighting, Herb forgot his TV dinner in the oven :'))

He then decides that now is the perfect time for the birds and bees chat with Lilith. Okay Herb.

The next morning, the Oldie's newest addition Corey is dropped off! Coral and Corey, like it was meant to be <333

Well, we all know how this round starts so no caption needed.

Luckily Mary-Sue was only demoted, unluckily she was about to catch her husband with the maid.

I've played this scenario so many times and Mary-Sue has never physically attacked Kaylynn before, but this time she did. I don't blame her really.

And she won, go on Mary-Sue!

Yeah, pretend like Dustin is the problem here Daniel :///

Angela invited the grandparents over to see if they could keep some peace, not like she payed too much attention to them. After a quick chat with Coral, she and Dustin decided to make dinner really awkward for everyone else!

Coral ended up in aspiration failure too, just a bad day for everyone I think.

To get away from everything, Daniel took Kaylynn to the club for a date. Of course they had to make use of the Photo Booth, attracting two very different reactions from Checo Ramirez and Patrizio Monty.

Back at home, Lilith and Dirk snuck out. He showed up in a limo, for some reason?

But ended up getting busted.

The artist:

The art:

You quit your job for this, Darren? :///

Dirk took Lilith on a date downtown, where she got pickpocketed almost immediately.

The rest of the date was fun though! Dirk asked Lilith home, I have cutscenes turned off so whilst I was too focussed on Darren they had their first woohoo in his bed. Ew. But, seems like some teenage rebellion they'd do.