The Abordale Asylum - Day 1

[silvereriena]

From the premature death of my legacy, a new challenge arises: The Asylum Challenge. Because I am a glutton for punishment, obviously.



So, with the Holidays gone, I decided "SCREW IT, I'M GOING TO FINISH SOMETHING." Until my new laptop arrives, of course. Also, I decided that I might as well try and not use the in-game camera, so bear with me as I fiddle with the best settings to edit my photos with on the Shop. Quality may vary over the course of updates. It was harder than I thought trying to find a decent screencap program for Mac.


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Meet Trish Marple, a messy and lazy Libra who wants to enjoy the greatest pleasures in life. Her LTW is to have 50 first dates and thank God it isn't dream dates, because that means I don't even have to make an effort. Trish has $100 in her bank account.

Trish: Wat.




YESSIREEBOB! No job, no house, no money. We are starting this right!

Trish: But I told Daddy that I would make a successful career out of selling tea doilies and clay flamingoes! How will I prove him wrong now!?

You can't.




Trish: I'M GOING TO DIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE

Maybe. But don't worry, I've got you covered. We just need you to stop your sobs that take over 30 Sim minutes to finish and pick up the paper.




Trish: *Sniffles* OK Trish, get it together! Let's see... "Wanted: Caretaker for Sims with Troubled Childhoohds." Well that sounds charitable, at least!

Mwahahahaha sucker



Dr. Freeman Rosenberg's quaint little office is where we find ourselves half an hour later. The waiting room was completely empty, seeing as there are absolutely no other people living in this neighborhood. And yet, business is blooming. This man has skills, yo.




Dr. Rosenberg: So tell me, Miss Marple. What makes you think you are qualified to look after several troubled adults by yourself?




Trish: Um, well I can teach them pottery of the flamingo variety! That's therapeutic, right?




Dr. Rosenberg: Miss Marple, we need someone very capable to do this job. You will be living under extreme conditions and a limited budget! What we need is someone who can take care of these people while achieving their lifelong dream. Is there any other reason I should hire you?




Trish: I'm the only other person who lives in this neighborhood?




Dr. Rosenberg: WELP, I'M SOLD. THE JOB IS YOURS.
Trish: Yaaaaay :D




Trish: Oh God, I can't do this.

TOO LATE. We're here at the lovely Abordale Asylum, where everyone is happy... for now. NOW WHO WANTS A TOUR? 8D




After my game crash, my downloads folder is the only thing I had backed up. Right now, my game is pretending my custom furniture does not exist even though it is all RIGHT. THERE. IN THE DOWNLOADS FOLDER. Eh, whatevs. Here is our only TV, and a 2-seater couch with some exercising equipment in the corner and a bookshelf. So that takes care of cooking, mechanical, cleaning and body.




The chess set takes care of the logic skill and uses 2 chairs, which leaves 2 more for the mini dining table in the kitchen. Only 6 seats are allowed in the asylum and none of them can have comfort levels over 3. Also, there are no fire alarms or burglar alarms but a lot of phones.




The piano takes care of the creativity skill and will hopefully occupy the patients for long periods of time so they don't burn the place down.




ONE BATHROOM. DUN DUN DUUUUN. One toilet, one tub/shower and one sink. You'll notice I kept switching tubs during the course of this update which is breaking the rules, I know. But in the end, I decided to keep this shower/tub instead and then reduced the house funds back to $100.




There are only 5 bed spots allowed, not counting the couch. Which means it's a game of musical beds every night with 2 losers. MAN, I'M EXCITED.

Now to meet the patients, all picked from young adult book series because that genre has a delightful array of messed-up teenagers. They're all grown up now and clearly should still have issues. Some are very well-known, others picked from books I read in my Children's Lit class.




Patient #1: Harry Potter AKA The Boy Who Lived
Origin: The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
This dude has gone through countless near-death adventures. He was probably sent here after he had a Book 5 relapse and no one wanted to go through that again.




Patient #2: Katniss Everdeen AKA The Girl Who Was On Fire
Origin: The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
I probably don't need to go into detail on why she would be affected by the whole Games. I mean really, who gets out of that okay?




Patient #3: Connor Lassiter AKA The Akron AWOL
Origin: Unwind by Neal Shusterman
He was a fugitive and a refugee and who can blame him? Being unwound ain't pretty. Now if only Shusterman would write up the sequel...
I know most people depict Connor with brown hair but I just kept imagining him as a blond. The only brown I remember reading about are his eyes.




Patient #4: Klaus Baudelaire AKA The Family Researcher
Origin: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Has anything good ever happened to him? Or his siblings? Far as I know, their fates are up in the air.
I made him look more like Beltane Holiday from my defunct legacy because I am still feeling a bit sad about it.




Patient #5: Meg Murry AKA The Misfit? (What to even categorize her as?)
Origin: The Time Quartet/Quintet by Madeleine L'Engle
I've only read A Wrinkle in Time, so I just know Meg as having anger management and self-esteem issues. So even though she supposedly turns into a bombshell (or so I was told) and matures, etc. I have just pooped on all that and now she is stuck here. Mwaha.




Patient #6: Titus (Last name unknown) AKA Douchebag
Origin: Feed by M.T. Anderson
So it's not completely Titus' fault that he's a consumerist douchebag but I'll call him one anyway. I wasn't too clear on whether he was supposed to have hair or if he was bald with lesions but I just compromised and gave him a mohawk. HEE



Patient #7: Jenna Fox AKA What The Heck Is She Now?
Origin: The Jenna Fox Chronicles by Mary E. Pearson
I've only read the first book, just so y'all know. So Jenna Fox got into a car accident and then she finds things out and there's no way to really explain this without spoiling but yes, she does have issues.




The first thing Trish does is hug her new... er... housemates? Anyway, it's Katniss of all people who reciprocates first but hey, we're off to a great start!




See? SEE? Everyone's happy and socializing! :D My asylum is made of the stuff of Simmers' dreams!




First things first, getting as many people as we can to watch the cooking channel and gain some cooking points to reduce the number of fires in this challenge. Katniss and Connor were the first to join Trish. The little infoboxes told me they both got 4 cooking points each in a day. Katniss especially must be determined to get food without burning anything.




Harry, everyone knows you're not the artistic type. Also AHAHAHAHAHA nice try with the tip jar but the $100 in this house is a communal fund. Divide that among 8 people and we are poorer than regular legacy founders. JUST THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SEC.




Harry: Mwahaha, if Voldemort could see me now!




Trish gets a job as a campaign manager but really, as long as we have enough money to pay the bills, I'm good with not reaching the top. WE HAVE DATES TO PLAN EEEEEEH!




Trish: O HAI Professor Rosenberg! Since you're the only person I know who's not a patient, wanna go on a date?

THIS SEEMS UNETHICAL.




Whatevs, he showed up.

Dr. Rosenberg: Hmm... The patients seem to show signs of improvement already!

Everything is hunky-dory! ACR doesn't even show up in my game even though it is in my DOWNLOADS FOLDER FFS so everything is happily platonic for now.




Katniss: He's also more focused on survival skills than pillowfights! We were meant to be!

Woman, this guy is nothing like Peeta, trust me. Just... go hunt for squirrels in the backyard or something.



Trish: Doctor, are you sure letting them have a musical instrument in the house is wise? What if one of them keeps everyone else up at all hours?
Dr. Rosenberg: Tish-tosh! Music is vital for those in recuperation!

THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD HARRY'S RENDITION OF "VOLDEMORT IS GOING DOWN."




Sent them off to blow some bubbles for a bit to get Trish's mood up. The date went well, nothing spectacular, but then again that is not our goal! AHAHAHA, THANK YOU EASY LTW!



The matchmaker showed up when Trish came home, so she spent 28 bucks on a date she barely got along with. It ended badly, but it still counted as another first date! HELL YES. *fistpump* 2 DOWN, 48 *SOB* TO GO. (No, I didn't bother taking photos of the guy. Terrible of me, I know.)




Meanwhile, no one died while Trish was away. HUZZAH!




You two did not earn any cooking points today. This does not bode well! *Chews on desk corner*




Trish: Who burned the mac and cheese!?

I dunno, but Katniss, ever in survival mode, yoinked the TV dinner Jenna had put in the oven while no one was looking.



Guys, I... I think this asylum challenge is going great! People are eating, no one is mad... the hell is going on? (Note: We are still on Day 1.)




Jenna: Augh, it tastes like despair!

Well maybe SOMEONE should have been watching the Yummy channel like the sensible people in the house were doing! >:T




Meg is at least being helpful and takes the trash out. Everything is going great.




Harry: Did you ever wish magic was real? Genies in lamps, spells, things like that? Well guess what, MAGIC IS REAL! I CAN DO MAGIC!




Jenna: I'm considering your claim, but we are in an asylum.
Harry: No really, if they had Apartment Life for Macs I could prove it D:




Trish: I SMELL WHY IS THERE ONLY ONE BATHROOM

Because this is a terrible, terrible challenge and I love it.



This is the line for the bathroom right now. Katniss tries to appease everyone with lounge music but it's really not helping.

Jenna: D: Please stop before you kill the rest of your dignity!




Meg: OH MY GOD WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG

Trish has to bathe, she's got work in the morning! GEESH.




When she got out, Meg, Harry and Klaus surrounded her so they could lecture her on taking too long in the bath. I didn't even know Sims could do that if they were waiting for too long!

Trish: :( But I smell like pomegranates now




There was a lot of bathroom door blockage, followed by everyone shooing everyone else out. So much for a utopian asylum, eh?




SO IT BEGINS.
Thanks, Klaus.




Everyone: *PANICS OVER OFF-SCREEN FIRE*
Katniss: THERE GO MY SURVIVAL INSTINCTS




You guys are lucky Trish was there to call the firefighters.

Klaus: Everything is splendid now!




Spoke too soon.

Klaus: SPLENDID! SPLENDID! BLUBUBLUBLUBBLUBBB




Harry: *Broods out stink fumes*
Titus: Unit, you are nasty!
Connor: He smells like home! :D




Katniss: SPONSORS! I NEED SPONSORS TO HELP ME GET THROUGH THIS

Sorry Katniss. This is Abordale, where no one can hear you scream advertise.




Everyone is taking this fire well!

Meg: MEEP




... I see it as one less person hovering around the bathroom.




Meg: Boohoohoooo! We're all done foooor!

Meg is the only one who's cried so far.




And she cries a lot.

Meg: MY LIFE IS OOOVEEERRRR
Connor: *Steals her bed*

And this was only 1 day, folks. Next time, Trish goes to work and leaves the patients alone. I'm scared.