Roque- Gunnar, Senior Year.

 

Here we are in Veronaville's University to catch up with Gunnar Roque as he embarks on his Senior Year at La Fiesta Tech. You can see his grade is not great, he has a 2.6 GPA, we'll have to see if we can improve that a little during his last year. You can see I changed Gunnar's major from History to Literature as History wasn't really his thing.

We've been here at the 'Shifting Paradymes' house already this round for his housemate Jasmine Rai's turn.

and his other housemate is Zoe Zimmerman who Gunnar has the hots for, in fact Gunnar has the hots for any female given that he's a Romance Sim. He fancies himself as a Rock God though.

But still Gunnar's major wish is always to woohoo and so he enjoyed his first woohoo with one of his Secret Society friends.

Not being the faithful type he readily accepted his Cheerleader friend Katarina's offer of a date- and more!

Of course such public displays of affection come with serious painful side effects if Mrs Crumplebottom is on the lot at the time. Ouch.

Jasmine still enjoys playing her music and Zoe is there to cheer her on, maybe this time the entire household will find time for some band practice.

All that lazing around and watching tv (Gunnar's favourite pastime it seems) does lead to some good things as he has a penchant for the Cooking Channel. 

and all that working out was good for Zoe giving her a super strong body.

Gunnar wanted to try roller skating... did it make him super strong? hmm maybe, he did fall over a lot.

Zoe had long ago locked a wish to join the Greek house and invited the Sorority Sisters' over.

After using the smart glasses on each for an interaction or two she was quickly granted membership.

Straight after they'd left Jasmine then called and asked to join (she too had the wish locked) and was also accepted.

Gunnar was just happy adding notch number 3 to his proverbial bedpost.  

But it's a win for Zoe too as she made a best friend with Laura when she emerged from Gunnar's room the next day.

Jasmine got a shock when the resident streaker appeared as she was checking herself out in the mirror.

and for Gunnar it was a little too much to see first thing in the morning!

Still Gunnar sat his first exam of the year where somehow this semester he managed to raise his grade to a 3.0

He celebrated having band practice with the girls! 

His culinary skill has improved and he made pork chops,

ready for his buddy Mickey Dosser and housemates who came over, and Mickey bought his friend Jess Pilferson too.

They stayed until late, enjoyed the pork chops, and Zoe made a best friend in Matthew Hart.

Gunnar went back to the Secret Society where he resumed his search for the one... or maybe just the next one. I forget her name but Gunnar has some real attraction to her.

The next day suddenly Katarina came in and started slapping Gunnar around...

ah, because he'd just asked Calista on a date and she happened to arrive at the exact same time Katarina turned up (uninvited, I might add).

That's number 4 for Gunnar. 

I got quite worried when Jasmine made Crepes! Luckily this round she didn't set herself (or anyone else) on fire!

All the housemates are very sociable and keep up with their friendships, Zoe got a good boost of points for having 10 best friends.

Gunnar invited his SS friend over and tried to improve their relationship with smart glasses.

I find it hilarious that he is making out with said person while his housemates are practically fainting over him on the other side of the room!

Randomly Gunnar had a wish to fall in love with Professor Witney. 

He obviously had an ulterior motive as she is in fact his Major Professor and so he buttered her up with words and smooches.

and that led to this! Gunnar actually finished college and Graduated with a 3.2 GPA. I barely recall him doing any work although of course he did attend class.

Now that Gunnar will be leaving the girls felt it was the right time for them to move too, so they called cabs and left to join the Sorority house.

Gunnar still had some unfinished business and that was to make it up to Katarina, who was incessantly kicking over his trash can.

yeah, it's fair to say their friendship is back on track!

There was nothing left to do but for Gunnar to call a cab and grow up. 

He took one last look at his Uni house before getting in the cab,

only to arrive at his new home, the City Centre Lofts in Downtown Veronaville where we will see him next round.

Summary-

A good finish for Gunnar I think and timed well for Jasmine and Zoe to move to the Greek House as most of the existing members will graduate/leave during DJ Verse's turn.

Gunnar really does like Katarina and the blonde SS member, he has 3 bolts with both, will he pick one next time and settle down or is he destined to be a Bachelor?

Riley Family

 

Here we are at the Riley's apartment in Belladonna Cove.

We've already been here once this round to visit with Vivian & Etsu Cho who live on the ground floor. The Riley's, Timothy and Sally live on the first floor.

Timothy is a widow who lives in the apartment with his daughter Sally, her mother died from electrocution although it's not clear how and if it was in this apartment! Timothy has a word with the Landlord to check all the appliances are up to date and serviced.

Timothy is a Knowledge Sim with a lifetime wish to be Chief of Staff, he has very good skills but didn't find the job today.

He went to visit Vivian after Sally and Etsu came home from school.

As Sally came home with an A+ Timothy allowed her and her friends to play in the apartment and on the playground until 6pm when they had to go home for supper.

He helped Sally with her assignment before it was time for bed.

On Tuesday with no job to go to and no prospect in the ads Timothy passed the time by talking to Nery Turner,

and he visited a fellow resident up on the top floor.

Sally bought Kali Patel home from school and they played and talked until they were firm friends.

On Wednesday after Sally left for school Timothy walked to the local coffee shop where he networked not for a job sadly, but for a discount on furnishings.

After school he took Sally to Red's Diner for a treat.

They had a nice dinner, met some neighbours and started to learn the newest dance, the Smustle!

Sally made a best friend before school on Thursday. Still no luck on the job front for Timothy so he spent some time watching the cooking channel.

He had his usual daily wish to visit Vivian. 

A walkby called Vamsi gave him a free sample of a very large tv!

Sally and Etsu enjoyed a game of catch in the back yard until a wolf distracted Sally. Thankfully it was a friendly one.

On Saturday a pizza arrived!

It was called for by the Landlord who was hosting a gathering (in Timothy's apartment), but he rather stupidly decided to try and pet a skunk and well, let's just say he had to go home to shower. :D

The Goodies/Newson's also live in the block (although they are not the version I am playing) but they enjoyed the gathering nonetheless.

As is often the case when my back is turned (in this case I was watching Sally and the younger Newson's out on the playground) Timothy decided to leap into Vivian's arms and they fell in love.

But that isn't the end of the day as it was also Sally's teen birthday!

Here she is all grown up, she rolled Popularity and wishes to Max her skills. Random. :D

I gave her Knowledge as a Secondary aspiration to tie in with that.

I didn't do a lot to her kiddie room,

Just changed the desk and added a poster or two.

The reason being that Timothy asked Vivian & Etsu to move in the very next day.

and so the bedroom changed again! A new bed was added and the desk gone and replaced with two bedside tables. Etsu is loving her new bed. :D

Vivian's big wish upon moving in was to get married and so a swift engagement and a visit to St.Simius were on the cards that afternoon.

A lovely photo of the blended families' dressed in their finery.

and a rousing reception was had.

Back home they had their first meal as a new family, and after the rest of the day living in this apartment I decided it was way too small for them so I moved them.

 This is an apartment up on the hill called Audrey Manor and the Riley's have moved to the Penthouse apartment which we will find them at, next round!

Summary-

A good week for the Riley household. Timothy never had any luck finding his career but hopefully next time. Sally had got herself a teen job as a Birthday Party Mascot just before they moved in and Vivian is still in the Law Enforcement field. Etsu should turn teenager next round and it will be interesting to see if she and Sally wish for or indeed go to college.