Chapter 1.1: It Began in the Beginning

1. CHAPTER 1.1: IT BEGAN IN THE BEGINNING

2. Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the Crazy Eights!
Let’s start out by establishing something: This will not have
a cool interesting plot.
I know, disappointing.
But I’m awful at legacies in general. Adding a plot and
sticking to it would pretty much guarantee that the Eight
family would be abandoned in record time.
So anyway, let’s get into the technical stuff before we dive
in!

3. We’ll be playing with the FreeTime, Apartment Life, and Uni
bonuses.
Extra challenges are the naming scheme and family album.
And because I felt like torturing myself, I’ve got another
naming scheme to deal with. All first names must have
eight letters.
That may seem like no big deal, but there are a lot of o’s in
BOOLPROPC. You just go ahead and find out how many 8-
letter names start with O.
(I already have a list. It is meager.)
On with the show!

4. Meet Finnigan Eight. A textbook Taurus, she likes blonde
plantsims, long walks on the beach, and red hair dye. Her
aspiration is Family (oh boy) with no secondary, and a LTW
of becoming a Captain Hero.

5. For her shack, I adopt my standard fare: a roof with some
walls inside. You basically get two walls free. Not so great
come winter, though, so let’s hope she can charm some
boy into her life by then.

6. Here’s the inside. It’s very, uh… shack chic? (Booo.)
Notice the trash compactor. Forget witches and
apartments. This is the best thing that came with AL. No
taking out the trash! It’s beautiful.

7. Flamingo shot. Carry on.

8. The welcome wagon doesn’t bring much hope for a
spouse. There’s this random old guy—he could do for a
Meet Someone New want, but not much else.

9. And then, uh, me.
Hello!

10. “…because the giraffe is still in the refrigerator!”
“Bahahahaha!”
(I am the bad joke QUEEN.)

11. Now that the welcome wagon’s been shooed, it’s time to head
out to find The One.
I just had to take this shot—there’s no neighborhood decorations
or neighbors, so it just looks kind of badass. A lone, fire-haired
ranger striding across open land. Ha.

12. First stop is the FreeTime rec center, which is a Sim
builder’s nightmare. It’s awful, but it’s a good place to find a
spouse and discover Finn’s predestined hobby, which I
need to max for the FT bonus.

13. A few unfortunate faces and a few community lots…

14. And this guy, who yelled through a wall because he
couldn’t get into the bathroom to yell at Finn…

15. Finally!
I was actually planning on staying away from Face #1, but
it’s too late. He’s cute and I’m tired. Finn, go!

16. They don’t actually have bolts, but they get along fine. Finn
keeps rolling wants to tell him jokes and talk to him, so
maybe there is chemistry there? Who knows. His name’s
Charlie and he’s what we’ve got.

17. Supervisin’ the kids’ date. No funny business with my Finn!
(I just followed them autonomously. It was weird.)

18. I got her a job in Law Enforcement to take a stab at that LTW. I think her
hair goes perfectly with the uniform!
“You know, most security guards don’t have to live in a house with no floor,
making sandwiches next to a dirty shower on the wall.”
Can it.

19. She may look cute, but her energy is in the toilet. I misread
the clock and thought she had the day off, so I had her skill
instead of sleeping. My mistake!
“I am going to kill you while smiling.”

20. Aw, baby’s first promotion! How’s it feel?
*deep breath* “I can sleep at normal hours now!!!”
Yay!

21. Along the way, Finn discovered she really liked gaming.
Now to get her into the Zone.

22. A day off finally arrives and I have her invite Charlie over.
Aaand she’s immediately rejected. I guess I didn’t build up
their friendship enough at the rec center…

23. Every once in a while over the next few days, Finn calls
him, only to find that he’s not home, and she should call
back.
Argh! Charlie, are you even worth it.

24. I send her off to the roller rink to find a new candidate, and
look who we find! So that’s why he wasn’t answering his
phone.

25. Finn immediately lays on the charm. Looks like he doesn’t
mind too much, hmm.

26. Okay, this… is the fastest crush I have ever gotten. Less
than five minutes. Finn’s hearts are just ending, and
Charlie’s are just beginning.
Perfect. Our work here is done. Finnigan, home!

27. She invites him over, yada yada, but the first thing he does
after greeting her is this. My heart!

28. Snowbirds. Kissing in the snow. Like birds. Love birds… in
the snow… kissing………….
(I am good at writing.)

29. I actually loved that last shot
so much I made an edit thing.
My first photo edit in… years.
Don’t judge me, I genuinely
can’t tell if it’s bad.

30. In this photo: They just became best friends, Finn fulfilled a want
to become best friends, Charlie fell in love and gained a few
relationship points.
So many symbols.

31. Almost missed them! Those are Finn’s hearts. We all know
what happens next!

32. La di da…

33. Bum bum bum…

34. …and Charlie Eight moves in with $16,000 of his closest
friends! This is their newly built cottage. Two bed, one bath,
and not a whole lot of room for a growing family. It’s a big
lot, though. They’ll expand!

35. They insist on eating like this. Finn just will not sit at the
table. I mean, whatever. Do what you want. But seriously…
you’re married… you can eat together…

36. Ah, some midnight cereal. I feel you, Charlie.

37. Charlie needed mechanical for his job, and we find that his
hobby is tinkering. It seems like nearly every sim in my
game has tinkering. Do you have a hobby that seems to be
the majority? Or is it just me?

38. Ah yes, the couple-sleeping screenshot that’s here to
indicate to the reader that Finn and Charlie are expecting
their first!

39. Due to literally nothing interesting happening between bumps,
let’s paraphrase.
Catch the premieres of these movies, coming out in late 2014:

40. Dawn of the Bump

41. Dawn of the Bump II: It Got Bigger

42. Dawn of the Bump III: Say Hello to my Little Friend

43. What’s the baby’s gender? Name? Genetics?
Find out December at the World Premiere of the critically-
acclaimed film Dawn of the Bump III !

44. Thank you for reading, thank you for
existing, etc. Have a lovely day!
ceruleanbabe