Speaking of bumpy ride, Marty went off to school the next day. He looks a little wary of his bus driver. Or maybe he just knows it’s going to be a bad day.
I was hoping Zoey would get a promotion to at least Lieutenant before she floated off to ghostland (it was one of her wishes), but alas…she remained a Patrol Officer. No cool cop car for Zoey. Not that you can drive one when you’re a ghost anyway. Or can you…?
Grimmy says, “You. Grave. Now.”
He’s so terse. No time for chit-chat! He has souls to reap and stuff.
At the same time, just across the town square, Marty was in the schoolyard doing his homework. He looks blissfully unaware.
But as soon as he finished his homework, he broke down. He knew his mother was gone. He had only known her for six days, but that was his entire life.
Grimmy really was busy that evening. Zoey’s death was the first in a spate of reapings all over town. I had zoomed over to the diner to see how Christopher was doing (he was at work when Zoey died) and witnessed Tamara Donner (now Tamara McGraw) being ghostified.
(The cop in that picture is like, “Uh, Mr. Reaper, you got a permit for that?”)
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Shortly afterwards, one of the Frio brothers exited the diner and did the float of death. At first I thought it was Christopher, which freaked me out for a second, but then Christopher came outside, too. Phew.
I thought he might be upset to see his boss go, but Zoey was all he thought about.
Both Marty and Christopher received massively negative moodlets from Zoey’s death. I tried to fulfill some wishes to make them happier. Marty wanted to use the telescope, so I sent him out.
Christopher wanted to chat with Marty, so I had him interrupt his son’s stargazing to have a conversation. That’s when I noticed they could Console each other.
Well, that about ripped my heart out and stomped it to shreds. Gah.
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Oh my goodness, so many deaths in this update! You know, for being a game full of cartoon people, we sure do get attached to them don’t we?! That consoling hug ripped my heart out too Jen. And reaching for Christopher Lloyd as he was ghostifying was equally heart-wrenching. Great update as always!
Oh, by the way…the Shanley house works GREAT! I snapped some pictures of it that I’m going to post I’m blog later today when I get home. There were some funny things that I found as I explored the house. You’ve got to see it, so stop by my blog in a few hours! You’ll just die!
Awwwww. Poor Marty to lose his parents so soon.
How very very sad and very very funny at the same time! How do you do it??? LOL at the “spate of reapings.” And the consoling is SOOOOO sad!!! Oh and ghosts (playable ones at least) can drive cars. :-) Fabulous pics as alwys, and great storytelling!
(BTW, my verification word was “Ikea,” ha!)
A kid for just TWO days?! DANG! I don’t think I could play on supershort mode! That’s just too darn fast!! O__o I’d be reeling just like your sims are realing! o__O
Christopher is not a Daredevil … he’s a PYRO! That’s what that thought bubble is about. HAHAHA!! Marty really is a cute teen. :O)
The bus driver looks like she should be in high school her own damn self! *LOL* She’s pretty though. Sometimes I wish they would allow those drivers time to talk with their passengers so relationships could be built up.
*mourns for Zoey*
*mourns for jenba’s heart fragments*
Why would Christopher’s death have freaked you out? The social worker doesn’t come for teens, right? Unless something has changed in that arena from TS2 to TS3. I hope that hasn’t changed. That would make certain challenges difficult.
*LOL* at the Grim Reaper conversation with Zoey.
*LOL* at the other humorous bits. :O))
golly Jenba, i dont think i could play on such a fast speed. whew! 2 days of childhood. its not surprising you couldnt pick his traits. holy boop. he was a toddler when we started this update and now he is an adult. The insanity is contagious!!!
Jeez, that face Marty’s pulling at the end there makes him look like he holds a grudge against my old friend Grim for just doing his job. Great update, though, and make sure you don’t vacuum up those fragments of heart, now ;)
Wow that was sad especially when Marty was reaching for his ghost father. Nice update
hehe, insaaanity :)
i’m really excited to see what marty’s up to with all these traits, especially since i’ve never seen an insane sim before :)
Uh-oh, I hope Marty will become a teen before Zoey and Christopher both die! Otherwise, that’ll be a very short-lived family. (Pun not intended.)
*blinks* Two days?!? Wow, talk about a fleeting childhood! But I guess you don’t have to worry about the Social Worker taking him, eh?
Maybe it’s a medicine ball decorated to look like a baseball? *grins* But, while fleeting, at least he had a totally and completely carefree childhood there. :D
Uh-oh, those flames licking out of the oven are NOT a good sign!
Glad Christopher was able to handle the fire, uh, handily! And I don’t blame him for the conflicted emotions of finding fighting the fire exhilarating AND being worried about his loved ones. Especially when life is so short for them! Yay Christopher! *cheers*
And freaking out or not, Marty looks pretty cute there. :)
I have no clue how you’re keeping your sanity, playing them through such short lives. It would drive me absolutely BONKERS! You can’t connect with any of ’em and you sure can’t do much more than try to keep them vaguely happy and not kill ’em. ;)
Aww, farewell Zoey! *waves goodbye*
Especially in such a fast ‘hood, he really can’t afford to hang around and watch TV or play chess, like he does in other people’s games! *giggles*
Psst, Mr. Cop, don’t pester the Reaper or he’ll come for you before your time!
I can imagine the 2 days of mourning in the shortest lifespan can be a MAJOR headache, can’t it! Or does the mourning period last less than 2 days with that lifespan?
Heh, yeah, the Console action was done -really- well. I felt that way when Christopher and Madison consoled each other after Brynn’s death.
Happy birthday, Marty Lloyd! *cheers* What the heck sort of outfit is Marty wearing there? *boggles* Red shirt with black and purple striped pants?! D’oh! *snickers* Oh well.
Aww, poor kid. His mom dies, he has his birthday and then his dad dies. *comforts Marty* Hopefully he can find a girl to help ease his heartache soon. I love the way Marty and Christopher seem to be staring at each other though.
Sorry I was gone for a while. I didn’t read your blog because I knew you’d be writing about the sims 3 and I was mad at it because it’s so hard to start with big familes and all of the houses have like one or two bedrooms and I don’t like buliding stuff, so I avoided your wonderful blog.
But after reading the Lloyd’s saga made me want to play again with a single sim, something I never done before(Future housewife? Me? You have got to be joking!)
Marty is going to be a bachelor for a long time. Might wanna consider raising the lifespan unless a mental hospital pops up next to his house and he might be able to find a wife.
Did you make a TS3 sim off yourself yet? Because that’s my plan to see how long I’ll last in TS3 world.