After three weeks of immersing myself in Victoriana for my Royal Kingdom Challenge families, I decided to take a little break and play a family in the modern world. None of the Mt. Geneva families were calling out to me, so just to amuse myself I created a brand new Sim, plopped her into Strangetown (which I had never played), and began DylanTK’s I’m Surrounded By Idiots! challenge. I had so much fun with it that I decided to share it with you guys.
This is Christal Chinchilla. A few things about her: Her name was randomly generated (and I picked it because I’m easily amused :-D). She looks very Barbie-like because originally I wanted to marry her off to someone hideous and see just how ugly the family could get (since my Shanleys got so weird-looking after several generations, I figured, why fight it this time?). And…she’s a Romance Sim. I figured I might as well make it extra challenging so I wouldn’t get bored with it (and it worked, by golly).
Christal Chinchilla came to Strangetown hoping to find excitement, a fulfilling career in the Culinary world, and maybe a lover or two (or three, or four…). She bought a plot of land and built a little shack on stilts (complete with double bed out back in case she found someone promising right off the bat).
Her first hours spent in Strangetown were a little too peaceful for Christal’s liking. She could paint and read romance novels as much as she wanted, but what she really craved was human interaction.
She was thrilled when someone finally showed up to welcome her to the neighborhood. He said his name was “Nervous Subjectâ€, which would have made Christal laugh had she not been such a nice person with a rather ridiculous name herself.
Nervous didn’t seem nervous at first. He was rather calm as he chatted with Christal, but she gradually came to realize there was something terribly wrong with him.
This became more evident when he turned into a raving lunatic.
(For a minute I considered marrying Christal off to Nervous, because holy cow, he is one freaky-looking Sim, and they’d be sure to have bizarre-looking babies, but he was such a jerk that I didn’t have the heart to do it. Though it would have been amusing to have a Sim named Nervous Chinchilla…)
To Christal’s relief, another neighbor came strolling up the sidewalk, saving her from further verbal attacks from Nervous. Christal greeted the man, Vidcund Curious, and thanked him for stopping by.
Unfortunately Vidcund insulted her within the first five minutes of his arrival.
Christal came to the conclusion that everyone in Strangetown was not only strange, but unbelievably rude. Nevertheless, she made them some lunch.
After everyone left, Christal curled up on the sofa for a nap. As she dozed off, she wondered if coming to Strangetown had been a horrible mistake.
Christal wasn’t in a hurry to invite any of her crazy neighbors over again, so she spent the next few days in solitude. She got a job as a Dishwasher at Bob’s Bistro and worked hard on getting a promotion (her dream in life was to be a famous chef, but she had no training whatsoever). That managed to keep her busy for awhile, but eventually she grew tired of eating meals by herself…
…and going to sleep by herself, with the unnerving sounds of the desert all around.
She was in desperate need of companionship, but she was shut up in the back room of the Bistro all afternoon and night, and never saw anyone else. It was starting to drive her a little mad.
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Ahh! What a way to end it! This is the first time I have ever heard of this challenge and the premise is definitely intriguing. I can’t wait to find out what happens next! When you get bored it looks like you aren’t the only one who enjoys what you find to entertain yourself. ;)
Hmm. I happened to have played all the Strangetown families and I like all of them. The Curious and the Smith family are related and my favorites and in the family bin is a house of roommates. There are two alien girls in that family who are also related to Curious and Smith families. And you should definetly check out Ophelia’s house. If you look in Olive’s memories you’ll see that she did it with the Grim Reaper. Nervous Subject is her son and if you look at his personality you’ll be appalled. Her neice, Ophelia, is dating Johny Smith and if you’ve never done this, you should look at the little description Maxis gave all the characters they invented. Strangetown is my favorite of all the Maxis made neighborhoods and almost everyone is related. I probably just stomped on your curiosity because of that little description but I just think those families are cool. I won’t give away the juiciest details of the Curious and Smith families though.
I love her name ” Christal Chinchila” and the house is so cool!!!
Everthing is so cool.
And very cute storie!!!
If I ever have another kid, I’m so using the random name generator. Heee heeee..Haa haa. I love the picture of Joel cleaning the table outside and looking at cristal hugging dorian. Maybe having a child in the house will make this into a “flying circus”? ;-)
Lol, now thats what I call foreshadowing! I can’t wait till the next update especially because everything is so new and interesting! I hope the victorian era lives on though…
This…had me giggling like a fool at work today. I love playing sims in Strange Town, but it’s a sucky town for legacy sims…this I learned the hard way…grr. Anyhow, I look forward to reading more.
‘ The infernal lovetub’
Hilarious! Really fun story. I chuckled out loud at the idea of Nervous Chinchilla :).
Great story, Jen!! Christal reminds me a little of a kid I used to go to school with, and even my mum laughed at the Nervous Chinchilla bit!
Amazing pictures! They really give a lot to the story. And Christal is very beautiful. :D
Ooooh yay a new story! Very interesting, but I’m not sure I could do it myself. I’d end up directing other sims instead of just the one, I couldn’t let my sims randomly wander around cleaning and playing in the bathtub…
I can’t wait to read more about Christal Chinchilla!
Oh, that name generator is great! I usually use a baby name book for my sims, but I will definetly be using that site in the future, as I like some of my sims to have weird names! xD
This was funny. The way he decided that he wanted to sleep in her bed after seeing that she hugged the fireman..this was funny. quite nice
Im baaaack *lol* – and WHOA – this is quite something to read about here! I guess I am in love with the Chinchillas already, Christal is a barbie none the less, but coool hair, definitely! And I like the fact that you can only control the torch holder, this would be perfect for me, as I am thoroughly stressed by my legacy family right now ;) – sooooo eager to read on! And btw, I guess I am more stuck to this than to all the victorian stories you wrote so far already, this promises to become so cool!
Wow this was quite refreshing!
I may need to check out that idiot challenge.
Christal is very pretty and I was :lol: after her geeky friend got jealous with the fireguy and finally decided sleeping on the cough was not as good as sleeping in her bed
.. Mindlink! After playing around with Don & Dina Lothario for a while I grew bored and decided I’d just make and play a single female Romance Sim. I haven’t made her yet, but this definitely serves as inspiration. :D It looks like tons of fun!
I had no idea there was a challenge like this either. Mwahaha. I shared it with the hubby, and he’s apparently going to give it a try as well.
Awesome story as always, Jen. More! More!
Awww… I love her hair. I was rooting for the fireman but i guess hes out of the picture :D.
That was a great update. So fun! The pictures look so great, everything was bright and clear. I think he looks much better after his makeover too, good job with that. :)
I’m glad you are having fun!
…Yes, damn that infernal lovetub!
d: Her children will look funny.
Hello, I love the outfits that Crystal is wearing. What are some of the sites you got them from?
Hi Sarah H! I’m having a hard time finding the pink sweater outfit that Christal is wearing, but I’ll keep looking for it. I thought it was Simply Styling or Get Skintight, but I can’t seem to find it on those sites. Both of those sites have great clothes, though. Her nightie is by ChicChica and can be found on The Sims Resource. I don’t think it’s in the free section at the moment, though, so you’d have to have a subscription to TSR in order to download it.
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