Chapter 170

Somehow, Simmie aged up into an elder while she was sleeping.

The grubs are really thriving!

So are the bombardier beetles!

Servo: "Thanks to me, of course."

Yes, sir. Where would this family be without you?

This is adorable.

Zhora: "The cats are fighting on the table, but that's none of my business."

Cashie: "Round 4?!"

Felix: "No, peasant."

Rosie: "How many paws is mommy holding up?"

Sprinkles: "One, and five toe beans."

Zhora: "Aww, isn't that the cutest thing ever?"

Zhora: *Hiss!* "I didn't say you could sit next to me!"

Zhora's imaginary friend must be terrifying.

Paisley: "Thank gosh I'm sane."

You? Sane? HA!

Elodie: "It's my birthday, it's my birthday!"

Happy birthday, Elodie!

Paisley: "Woohoo, happy birthday, aunt Elodie!"

Paisley: "What's better than birthday confetti?"

Elodie: "Really?"

Elodie aged up into an adult! She's just as gorgeous as always, I love her.

Elodie: "Birthday confetti sucks."

Paisley: "What did you just say?!"

Welp... the little TV broke.

Zhora: "Good luck to Servo trying to reach that thing to fix it."

Elodie: "Eggs benedict is my favorite breakfast!"

Felix: "It's my favorite too, I want some."

Sprinkles aged up into an adult!

She will be our new cat heiress! Felix will be moving in with Astrid.

Servo: *Cough, cough, cough!* "When will Paisley be starting her first day of work already? This place needs help!"

After she's finished playing with the grubs, duh.

Paisley: "Can't I just stay here and play with my grubs all day?"

Elodie has mastered the mixology skill, now she needs to level up her charisma skill for her career.

She's practising her bar phrases.

Elodie: "Sir, I'm cutting you off. No, you cannot have another 15 rounds of juice. No, I will not notify a manager because I am the manager."

Paisley is off to her first day of work! I'm so excited!

Her first task of the day is to check the notice board.

Paisley: "Piece of cake."

Paisley: "Hey, it looks like 'Upcycling Initiative' is winning the votes, this is amazing!"

Much better than 'Roughhousing Encouraged'.

Sprinkles: "Must. Catch. Water. Drops."

Paisley's first task for the day is complete!

Her next task for the day is creating an eco upgrade part using the fabricator.

So far, her tasks are pretty easy.

Paisley: "Easy?"

Paisley: "Who else is this skilled at the fabricator?"

Oh, I don't know, probably a sim with level 10 fabrication skill.

Paisley: "Ooh, that stung."

Paisley: "Oh well, I know I'm still the best somehow."

This looks so futuristic.

It looks like a cyber movie.

Paisley has completed all of her tasks for the day!

Paisley: "That earned me a lot of points, I'm gonna vote again using the mailbox."

Paisley: "Upcycling Initiative should definitely win the votes now, it's winning by a landslide thanks to me."

Elodie: "Ugh, how long do I have to keep talking to myself in the mirror?"

Until you level up your charisma skill to level 4.

Paisley used the bio fuel she collected from the bugs to power up the water filtration unit.

I'm hoping this will help make the water bill a lot less costly.

It's not eco-friendly though, so we shall see.

Paisley still doesn't suspect that it's not eco-friendly, let's keep it that way.

Paisley: "This thing doesn't look very eco-friendly-"

IT IS! HUSH!

Paisley replaced the water in the wash bucket too.

Paisley: "Ugh, we're using so much water! And I'm so tired from working all day, I'm starving!"

Deven came to visit Paisley!

Deven: "She seems like she's in a bad mood, should I turn around?"

Deven: "Hey, babe!"

Paisley: "Babe! You came to visit me?"

Paisley: "How thoughtful."

Deven: "This is the first time anyone's ever called me thoughtful!"

Paisley: "So, uh, what are you doing here?"

Deven: "Uh... I came to see you. I missed you."

Paisley: "You know I'm busy working today."

Deven: "Oh... sorry..."

Deven: "Are you finished work yet? Maybe we can do something fun!"

Paisley: "Something fun?"

Paisley: "I'm tired and hungry, Deven!"

Deven: "Maybe I can cheer you up. Why did the chicken cross the other side? To get to the road!"

Paisley: "Really?"

Paisley: "You think I wanna hear a bad joke after working all day?"

Deven: "Hey, it wasn't a bad joke!"

Deven: "Alright, we can do something else instead. Why don't we go for a drive?"

Paisley: "Seriously?! Go for a drive for no reason? Do you know how bad that is for the environment, Deven?"

Paisley: "Go away, I don't wanna see you. We're OVER!"

Deven: "What? Why?"

Deven: "I'm sorry, pastry, I mean, Paisley... I just wanted to do something fun. I'll even search the internet for eco-friendly things to do... even though every time I search the internet I just end up watching cat videos somehow."

Paisley: "Cat videos?"

Deven: "Yeah! Aren't cats so adorable? Why don't we watch cat videos instead and forget this ever happened, I've already forgotten because my attention span lasts 1 second."

Paisley: "I don't wanna watch stupid cat videos, Deven! I told you I'm tired and hungry after working all day, and you recommended we do something that's not eco-friendly after all the work I did today! IT'S RUUUDE! GO AWAY! WE'RE OVER!"

Deven: "Woah, woah, woah, did you just say cat videos were stupid? Now you've crossed the line."

Deven: "I'll go away then, but I'll miss you."

Paisley: "Did I overreact?"

Definitely.

Paisley: "Oh well, at least I have my eco-friendly trash bag."

Paisley: "He's my new boyfriend."

Servo: "That fireplace is looking hot!"

Paisley: "I see what you did there."

Servo: "Can I marry the fireplace?"

Servo really needs a robot girlfriend.

Paisley: "Argh, I'm so stupid!"

Paisley: "Now I kinda miss Deven, why did he have to come here while I was hangry?"

Simmie: "That was a lovely nap underneath the couch."

Paisley decided to take the recycler for a test run.

I'm not sure why though, she's already seen how it works.

Paisley: "Because I can, that's why."

Paisley: "Recycling never gets old."

Is that a double entendre?

Deven: *Wheeze!* Should I knock on the door? I don't know if Paisley will forgive me.

Deven: *Cough, cough, cough!* It may be worth a shot!

Paisley: "This monte cristo sandwich is amazing!"

Zhora: "Who is this guy and why is he standing outside my house?"

Zhora: "It's the father alien, isn't it?! He's come to take us all!"

Relax, he's a human, not an alien.

Zhora: "Is there a reason you're standing outside my house?"

Deven: "Oh, uh... I'm here to see Paisley and... apologise."

Zhora: "You must be Deven, Paisley's boyfriend! I've heard so much about you!"

Deven: "You have? What has Paisley said about me?"

Zhora: "I mean, she said you're cute, but apparently you're super absent-minded as well."

Deven: "Yeah, everyone says that. I don't know why though, to be absent minded, wouldn't that mean I have no brain? If I have no brain, wouldn't that mean I can't think about how much I love pizza, cake, dumpster naps and dogs? But... uh... that's all I think of. Mmm... pizza... I wonder if I'll find any pizza again while I'm dumpster napping. I can't wait to take a dumpster nap, the garbage bags are like cushions. Wait... where am I again?"

Zhora: "Now I see what Paisley was talking about."

Deven: "Speaking of Paisley, do you think she'd wanna talk to me? She's pretty mad at me right now."

Zhora: "What's she mad at you about?"

Deven: "I can't really remember... oh yeah! She's mad because I asked her to go for a drive after work, she said it's not 'eco-friendly' enough and she broke up with me and told me to go away. I don't wanna go away, though. I miss her."

Zhora: "Paisley has always been pretty overemotional, unreasonable and stubborn, but you seem like you're a great guy. You want me to have a talk to her and see if she'll get back together with you?"

Deven: "That would be great, thanks Mrs. Parsons! I'll be on my way now, but I guess I'll find out how everything went tomorrow when I try to apologise to her again. See you later."

Deven: "I can't wait to take a dumpster nap, I hope I dream of living in pizza land again and being the mayor this time. Last time, Mr. Shnuggle Woofkins was the mayor, that's no fair. Hey, that rhymed!"

Zhora: *Cough, cough, cough!* "Bye, Deven!"

Paisley: "Hey, mom!"

Paisley: "Who was that you were talking to outside?"

Zhora: "I was talking to Deven, he seems like a really nice guy, why did you break up with him?"

Paisley: "What?! You were talking to Deven?!"

Zhora: "Yeah, I was. Hey, Jax! Paisley has a boyfriend named Deven, he seems like he'd be a good son-in-law!"

Paisley: "Mom, are you serious? Why would you do that? Deven and I are over, O-V-E-R!"

Zhora: "You really broke up with him because of something as stupid as him making a small suggestion?"

Paisley: "It wasn't just a small suggestion, mom. He knows how much the environment means to me, and he suggested we GO FOR A DRIVE?! SERIOUSLY? Only fuel burners go for drives for no reason!"

Zhora: "Well, maybe you could have, oh, I don't know, MADE ANOTHER SUGGESTION! Why do you always let your emotions get the best of you? It's ridiculous. He's a great guy, and he clearly loves you."

Paisley: "So what you're saying is that I'm the one who screwed up?"

Zhora: "That's exactly what I'm saying."

Zhora: "But I know it's hard for you to take any kind of responsibility, so why am I even bothering having this conversation with you?"

Paisley: "No, no, you're right. I feel so bad now, I love him and I don't wanna lose him. Do you think he'll forgive me?"

Zhora: "Well, if you get off your butt and go talk to him, he probably will."

Paisley: "I'm gonna go do that right now! Did he say where he was going?"

Zhora: "Nope. Do you have any idea where he could be?"

Paisley: "Yeah... I know exactly where he is."

Paisley hopped on her bike to go apologise to Deven.

Let's hope they can work it out, it was the most stupid fight in history, after all.

Paisley: "Here I am... tail between my legs... apologising. I wonder if he'll want to talk to me."

Deven: "Zzz..."

Paisley: *Wheeze!* "Wait, I can't cough too loud, I wanna think of what I'm gonna say before I wake him-"

Paisley: *COUGH, COUGH, COUGH!*

Deven: "Paisley!"

Deven: "I'd know that 'choking on pollution' cough anywhere."

Deven: "Hey, Paisley! Have you forgiven me yet?"

Paisley: "Have I forgiven you?"

Deven: "Yeah, you know, for suggesting something."

Paisley: "I'm the one who should be apologising. I'm sorry, Deven."

Deven: "You are?"

Paisley: "Yes, I was being completely unreasonable. I shouldn't have reacted that way, I was just hangry."

Deven: "I understand, hunger just gets the best of us sometimes."

Deven: "And I could never stay mad at you."

Paisley: "You couldn't?"

Deven: "No way, you're my blueberry."

Paisley: "That's cute."

Deven: "No, you're cute."

Paisley: "Not as cute as you, my dummy."

Paisley: "If I act like that again, don't take it seriously."

Deven: "Okay, next time you act like a psychopath, I won't take it serious."

Paisley: "Excuse you?"

Deven: "Now gimme kiss."
Paisley: "Oh, alright, even though you just called me a psychopath."

*Kiss*

These two are completely nuts.

Paisley: "I love you, babe. You mind if I search the dumpster? There's so much trash in there, it's hard to resist."

Deven: "I love you too, babe. And of course not, let me know if you find anything good."

Deven: "Man, why didn't I think of that? Look at all that tasty wasted food!"

Deven: "That looked fun, did you find anything?"

Paisley: "I think I might need some extra help this time."

Paisley: "Care to join me?"

Deven: "If I ever say no to that, slap me directly upside my head."

Paisley: "Will do. Now come here, sweet face."

*Kiss*

Well, that escalated quickly.

I knew where this was going.

Pretty ironic that they're littering a whole bunch of trash right now. Paisley had better pick this up afterwards.

Townie: "Ah, dumpster woohoo... I miss those days."

Okay, creep.

Deven & Paisley: "Woah!"

Deven: "Well, that was fun."

Paisley: "I guess I'm definitely forgiven now."

Deven & Paisley: "Hahahahaha!"

Paisley: "I'm sorry again."

Deven: "If that's what it takes to get me to forgive you, you can be hangry all you want."

Paisley: "I also have some pizza rolls waiting for you the next time you come over."

Deven: "Pizza rolls?! They're my favorite thing ever!"

Paisley: "Pizza rolls are your favorite thing ever?"

Paisley: "I thought I was."

Deven: "You are, but so are pizza rolls... but so are you... but so are pizza rolls..."

Deven: "AH! I CAN'T CHOOSE BETWEEN YOU AND PIZZA ROLLS!"

Welp... I guess they forgave each other. At least we know they're the perfect match, they're both completely insane.