#rotation 1

kindred 🎧 / rotation 1 - Jimenez Household

making completely different plans 🥂

Despite being a Family Sim, Christopher Steel hasn't wanted to commit to anyone yet and has been playing the field.

(intro) Christopher Steel is lucky by nature. Things have always come easily for him, which is starting to get boring. Now that he’s in a brand new town with no friends or job, how will he fare?

Sims:

Christopher Steel, Adult, Family Aspiration, Secondary Knowledge

I had played much of Chris's story before I made this blog. He spent most of his days socializing and getting promotions. His LTW is to be reach the top of the Oceanography career and I managed to get him all the way up to level 6 in this first rotation alone.

Blair Wainwright spent a lot of time over his house and her father showed up too. One night, Fiona McIrish joined them and this happened autonomously thanks to ACR - Fiona's 'first' kiss. I later checked their relationship and they didn't even have that much, not enough for a crush even, so I don't know where that came from. More on the Wainwrights later.

Here's a preview of Agnes Crumplebottom's 'baddie' makeover. (That's what my friend called it.) I couldn't resist, she's probably my favorite Sim, so I wanted her to look cute but still keep her darker essence. I might change it up later. Anyway, she kept hitting on Christopher so there was only one thing to do and they did that thing autonomously. I checked ACR though and he still only had eyes for Blair.

'This was not supposed to happen.'

'How could I let this happen?'

'It was supposed to be casual, quick. Get in and get out. I've done this so many times before, how could I screw up this time?'

'It's only my first couple of months here... I wasn't supposed to get pregnant.'

"What are we gonna do, Michael? I can't raise a child! I'm too young for this!" she wailed, looking tearfully at the sheepish father of her unborn child.

"Hey, hey-- everything's going to be okay. We'll figure it out when the baby comes." Michael placed a reassuring hand on her arm.

" Right now, you need to relax. Look, I'll clean your house for you before I leave, then you can get some rest. Sound good?"

He didn't wait for a confirmation before turning around and heading for the soiled toilet in Natasha's neglected bathroom.

She stared after him, fingers shaking as she guided a can of instant meal to her mouth. The sweet strawberry concoction tasted bitter and rough on her tongue.

She knew she needed to eat better for the baby. But she didn't want to think about all of that. She never wanted this.

In the bathroom, Michael struggled to suppress his nausea as he scrubbed the toilet. But it's not the stench that was making him feel ill.

Hadn't she said she was on birth control? How could this happen?

Would they have to get married now? He could hardly leave her and the baby by themselves. She would need support.

But right now, he honestly didn't know if he was willing to step up for that.

An hour later, the house was clean. Natasha lay asleep on the couch, dried tear stains and a slight frown on her sleeping face. She looked so tired.

A pang of guilt shot through Michael at the sight of her. Without a word he turned and walked out into the night.

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The next couple of months flew by in a haze for Natasha. She couldn't tell whether it was Monday or Saturday. Noon or evening. All she knew was exhaustion.

Her bump grew bigger, and with it came a determination to eat better.

'I guess this kid knows better than I do.'

She saw less and less of Michael as she drew closer to her due date.

Natasha missed being outside. But the shame of her predicament and the perpetual state of exhaustion made it near-impossible to open the front door.

But on some nights, when the loneliness was unbearable, she would push through that invisible barrier and go out to hunt for bugs in her front lawn.

Fireflies always reminded her of the city lights. She found them comforting.

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And then it was her due date.

Spending so much time alone, Natasha had made a little game of trying to predict when baby would come. As she sat at her dining table, she stared unseeingly at a scratch on the vinyl coating of the table.

'So, this is really happening. I am really about to be a mother.'

'What will my fans say... will they laugh at me?'

Distressed by the thought, Natasha spent the rest of the day on her bed, waiting.

At 9PM, baby Toby was born.

Thus began Natasha's new life.

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And that's it for rotation 1 with the Moretti household. I'm ngl this story feels a bit choppy on some parts because I wasn't prepared to develop it. I was gonna be lazy and just slap the screenshots on the post and call it a day, but I'm trying to be as intentional as other simmers whose BACC content I have enjoyed because of their storytelling.

I apologise for the uncropped and unedited screenshots. I'm writing this at 3 in the morning because I forgot to sleep while putting together my BACC post. I was working on it all day yesterday.

More coming soon :)

Now that Nervous is officially part of the Curious family, he has gotten started in the photography career, constantly snapping shots with his crappy camera. The pictures aren't bringing in much money, but Nervous is satisfied (for the most part) that he's finally getting one step closer to his dream job.

After a long day of taking photos around town, Pascal, always thoughtful, decides to surprise Nervous with a top-of-the-line camera. Nervous is over the moon with gratitude, feeling both excited and inspired by the generous gift. With the perfect camera to capture every moment, this gift is the start of something special for Nervous' career.

where do we start.. well you're first in the prima guide scripted events so hi don.

don left cassandra at the altar (even after she used an affectionate gesture to kiss don before the wedding!) & now he is a freely single man ..

.. sort of

yeah .. risky woohoo caught up with dina & don ..

dina, who was married to mortimer (for a day, love how rotational play shenanigans play out) cut it off, even though mort didn't mind when she dropped the news that she cheated. mortimer dumped her without a prenup, so she's back in the iconic caliente house with nina.