Chapter 179

Since Servo has maxed out the logic skill, the next skill he'll attempt to learn is the mixology skill! Hopefully he makes Elodie proud.

Servo: "Whoops!"

Servella: "My dad is horrible at mixology."

Jaxton: "Tell him to make me a medicine cocktail, I don't feel so great."

Lauryn: "Can Servo make me some juice too?"

Definitely not!

Elijah: "I'm gonna kidnap green crab block in the middle of the night and make sure it's never found again. It'll be our little secret, okay, green crab block?"

Lauryn: "I think I just overheard a crime."

Kaylee: "Didn't I say that no one is allowed to play with green crab block except for me?"

I tried to warn you that it wouldn't work.

Woohoo! Thanks to Paisley rigging the voting system and convincing enough townies, 'Green Initiative in Port Promise' won the votes!

New plants have been planted all around Port Promise in Evergreen Harbor!

It looks absolutely gorgeous!

There's no more litter around here anymore, finally!

Thanks to this, the eco-footprint should be 'green' in no time!

Elijah: "Steak is way better than grilled cheese!"

Zhora: "Wait until his father hears about this."

Even the Parsons house has become more green! With new trees and shrubbery, the eco-footprint should increase even more!

Deven: "Now we have grass to maintain? I don't like eating grass!"

Paisley: "He really thinks you have to eat the grass instead of cutting it?"

Cutting it? What about a lawnmower- oh, right... eco-friendly.

Elijah: "I love the new grass and trees!"

The excitement of the grass and trees didn't last for long. Please don't take Cashie!

Rest In Peace, Cashie Parsons. You were a wonderful and beautiful cat, and you will be dearly missed.

The Grim Reaper is sporting some... interesting attire.

Everyone is devastated about Cashie's death.

Paisley: "Cashie?! No! We've had you since I was little!"

Deven: "What happened to the Grim Reaper's shoulders?!"

Zhora: "Just when I thought he couldn't get any creepier."

Elijah: "The Grim Reaper looks cooler than you, daddy."

Deven: "That's not nice."

Deven: "Could you take that bag off your head so that my son stops thinking you're cooler than me?"

Elijah: "Why can't the Grim Reaper be my dad?"

Zhora: "There it is! It's even scarier than the Grim Reaper!"

Zhora: *Hiss!* "Get away, you psycho!"

I think you're the psych- never mind.

Grim Reaper: "I should grant these sims with immortality so that I don't have to be around them ever again. They're all nuts."

Deven: "Hey... your paper bag is pretty cool, no wonder my son thinks you're cooler than me. Where did you get it from? Dumpster Divers 'R' Us?"

Grim Reaper: "Get me out of here."

Check out this cool lamp Elodie got for reaching level 9 of the mixology career! I'm way too excited about it.

Not only are Grim's shoulders missing, so are his legs! Wait... does he have legs?

Woah, looks like Deven is getting a bit of a belly!

Deven: "That's what eating grilled cheese sandwiches does to you."

FINALLY! FINALLY! FINALLYYYYYYYYYY!!! ONE OF THE PARSONS HAS COMPLETED THE DANG CULINARY CAREER! The Grim Reaper had better take the culinary career back with him to the underworld, I never wanna see it again!

Jaxton: "Are you proud of me? I'm a Parsons legend!"

I'm so proud of you! Thank you for doing the impossible!

Happy birthday, Jaxton!

Zhora: "Ugh, I don't wanna be old!"

Zhora: "But at least birthdays have confetti, so I guess it's fun."

Happy birthday, Zhora!

Jaxton aged up into an elder! He's such an adorable old man!

Jaxton: "Adorable? It feels like I'm a baby again! I'm adorable and I wear diapers?"

Zhora aged up into an elder too!

Zhora: "I don't like being old, age me back."

But you're such an adorable old lady! Oh, by the way, the glasses from Eco Lifestyle are now my favorite glasses ever and I'll probably use them over and over and over, so be prepared.

Jaxton: "Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us!"

Zhora: "Could you stop rubbing it in?"

Zhora: "Nice to meet you, old Jax."

Jaxton: "Eughoirherhbgi!"

Jaxton: "EUGHEBERUVEGE.KBK!!!"

Zhora: "Got 'em!"

Zhora: "Hahahahaha! That was a good one, I'm the best prankster ever!"

Jaxton: "Haha, yeah, you got me, now let's-"

Zhora: "AHAHAHAHAHA! You should have seen your face! It reminds me of when I invaded your mind with my alien powers the night we first met!"

Yet, another crazy day for the Parsons.

I'm absolutely loving all the new greenery around Evergreen Harbor and the Parsons house! Things are definitely looking up!

While everyone sleeps, Servo practises the mixology skill... miserably.

Wow, even the waters are looking a whole lot clearer!

Elodie: "I love the new trees!"

Kaylee: "I don't, think about all the leave they're gonna drop during fall."

Elodie: "Seriously? What a Debby downer."

Zhora: "I don't like the new trees either, all the green is hurting my eyes."

It may be a heatwave, but nothing will stop Paisley from doing her job as a civil designer!

Her first task of the day is to check the noticeboard.

Paisley: "I wonder what sims have been posting on the noticeboard."

"The new trees are amazing, I can finally breathe again!"

Paisley: "Looks like the new trees are having a positive impact on the townies! Hopefully that extra bill in the mail every week is only a small price to pay."

Paisley's next task of the day is to draft a municipal concept on her electronic drafting tablet.

She's got the ol' drafting pen out again.

I wonder what she'll draft today.

Paisley: "Where else can we plant some more trees?"

Paisley: "We have the funds to plant hundreds of trees, but is that excessive?"

Paisley: "...Nah! Let's do it!"

Rosie aged up into an elder!

Rosie: "Age me back right now, or else!"

Elijah: "Everyone is old around here except me!"

Woah, Deven...

Deven: "What's wrong?"

That's quite the belly. You'd better slow it down on the grilled cheese sandwiches.

Paisley: "Say it with me, 'when I grow up, I'm gonna be a civil designer and save not only Evergreen Harbor, but the entire planet'."

Townie Kid: "You're crazy, lady!"

Uh oh, Paisley isn't gonna be too happy about this.

Elijah: "Why not? Cars are awesome!"

Paisley: "Remember what I told you, never drive, always walk and bike everywhere, got it?"

Townie Kid: "Thank goodness she's finally leaving, that lady was insane!"

Paisley: "I think I'm getting through to the next generation of sims, slowly but surely. Everyone will be green like me in no time."

Elijah: "Mommy wants me to play with a bike toy instead? But that's boring!"

Deven has volunteered to hand wash the laundry again.

Deven: "I didn't volunteer! You forced me-"

Shhhhh...

Why is everything breaking around here again?!

Elodie: "Servo can try, but he'll never match my mixology skills."

The N.A.P. Inspector has arrived to inspect the house!

Paisley: "Allow me to impress him."

Paisley: "This cream cola is good!"

Paisley: "You want some?"

N.A.P. Inspector: "Uh... I'm good, but thanks."

Paisley: "Your loss."

Paisley: "See? Told ya I'd impress him!"

Wow... great job...

N.A.P. Inspector: *Gasp!* "My eyes!"

Sprinkles, this is not the time!

Paisley! Are you seriously taking a bath in front of the N.A.P. Inspector?!

Paisley: "Hehe... I didn't see him there."

Are you juiced, Paisley Parsons?

Paisley: "Hmm... I don't think so..."

Paisley: "Hey! Why don't we get the N.A.P. Inspector juiced so that he'll decrease our rent for the week? TURN UP!"

You're definitely juiced.

N.A.P. Inspector: "This household is nuts, but they seem to be following all of the guidelines, so they pass the inspection this week."

Yay!

Servo: "Why do they have to inspect us every week? Do they not trust us?"

I wouldn't trust y'all to run a windmill let alone a house.

Jaxton: "So, Deven... no offense, but... how do I say this?"

Deven: "You're about to say something offensive, aren't you?"

Jaxton: "How did you know?"

Deven: "Every time someone says 'no offense', they're about to say something offensive. That's what everyone says before they call me dumb. I get it, I'm dumb!"

Jaxton: "Well, actually, I wasn't going to comment on your intellectual slowness, I was actually going to comment on your huge belly. Have you stopped working out lately?"

Deven: "Ouch, that stung worse than when people call me dumb."

Deven: "I don't know why I'm getting a belly, okay?! I think it's from all of the grilled cheese I've been eating! I thought cheese was a vegetable, but apparently it's not!"

Jaxton: "Welp... now that we've got that out of the way, no offense, but you're dumb."

Lauryn: "I can't wait to see Elijah get in trouble for playing with a toy car."

Elijah: "Vroom, vroom! That's the sound cars make while they're releasing pollution into the air!"

Elodie: "The son of Paisley is seriously encouraging pollution?!"

I never expected it either.

Elijah: "Daddy's belly looks funny."

Deven: "I get it, okay?! Why does everyone keep making fun of my belly?! It's not my fault grilled cheese is so delicious!"

Elijah: "I'll just pretend I can't hear him."

Deven: "Ah!"

Deven: "Why is my belly sparkling?!"

Deven: "WHAT KIND OF GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH DID I EAT?!"

Deven: "I hate to say it, but I'm never eating a grilled cheese sandwich again."

I never thought I'd hear you say that. Ever.

Elijah: "There once lived a crazy family..."

This book sounds familiar.

Ugh, seriously?! Does everything have to break around here?!

Elijah: "...and they all lived crazily ever after. The end."

This book sounds very familiar. I can't quite put my finger on where I've heard it before...

Paisley: "Come here, my beautiful little bombardier beetle!"

Clean those solar panels before they start another fire!

Elijah: "The crickets are my best friends!"

Do you really think you should be near the fridge right now, Deven-

Deven: "I WASN'T TRYING TO MAKE MORE GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES! Okay, maybe I was... but mind your business!"

Woah.

After playing outside all day, Elijah needed a nap.

Jaxton: "Have you seen Deven's belly lately?"

Paisley: "I wouldn't say that while he can hear you, dad. He's a little... sensitive about it."

It may be a heatwave, but that won't stop Jax from making some grilled chicken on the barbecue for his family!

Mailman: "I have to deliver mail to the Parsons house? I'll pass! Pick it up at the post office!"

Hey, that's not nice!

Zhora: "Ugh, all this green around here is giving me a headache."

Paisley: "Don't y'all just love the new trees?"

Elodie: "I do! The air is so much cleaner! Don't you love the new trees too, Elijah?"

Elijah: "Yes! I could play outside all day because the air was fresh!"

Zhora: "Am I the only one getting headaches from all the green around here?"

Servo: "Even though I don't breathe, it's nice walking outside without coughing up a storm."

Deven: "Ugh, my belly is just getting bigger and bigger! I shouldn't have had another grilled cheese sandwich!"

You had another one?!

It's a lovely evening in Evergreen Harbor.

Paisley: "You think you can make me some more juice, Servo? TURN UP!"

Servo: "No, I'm cutting you off."

Deven: "Thank gosh he's asleep, I don't have to pretend to read the story anymore. I can hardly read!"

Lauryn: "I'm still listening, daddy!"
Deven: "Oh, come on!"

Sprinkles: "My mission is to catch all the laundry raindrops!"

Deven: "Why do I need to pee all the time all of a sudden?"

Deven: "What's happening to me?!"

I have no idea.

Why so serious?

Deven: "I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't rather be having grilled cheese right now."

Grilled fruit for breakfast! I remember when this used to be the family favorite before grilled cheese came along.

Servo is flirty today! It'd be amazing for him to have another robot to fall in love with one day...

It may have been a dry heatwave yesterday, but it's raining today, so Servo can't practise the mixology skill today. Instead, he's practising the writing skill.

Servo: "I'll write a love novel... maybe another robot out there will read it and they'll come and find me... a robot can dream."

Elijah: "I thought you said you liked green, great-auntie Elodie! Can you change my diaper?"

Elodie: "Did you hear something?"

Jaxton: "Hahahahaha! Good one, grandson! I'm sure great-auntie Elodie would love to change your stinky diaper!"

Elijah: "Or, you could do it instead, grandpa."

Deven: "As long as it's not me doing it, this belly hinders me from doing everything!"

It's getting bigger by the second!

Paisley is off to work again!

They see me rollin', they hatin'.

Paisley: "Hey there, fellow neighbor!"

Townie: "Hi there."

Paisley: "Judging by the bag on your head, it seems like you're eco-friendly like me! Would you like to partake in an interview about the utilities in your home?"

Townie: "Uh... sure."

Paisley: "How many solar panels do you own?"

Townie: "Hmm... one, maybe? Wait... actually, zero."

Paisley: "Sounds great..."

Townie: "However, the new trees around here are encouraging me to live an even more eco-friendly lifestyle! Hence the green leaf on my paper bag."

Paisley: "Wow, that's amazing! I wish you luck in your eco-friendly journey."

Paisley: "I knew 'Green Initiative in Port Promise' was the best vote! Look how much of an impact it's having on the community!"

Paisley's next task of the day is to submit a municipal blueprint concept by mail. The last one she drafted was 'perfect' quality!

Paisley: "Why do these blueprints never fit in the mailbox?!"

Paisley: "Now... this town shall be overrun by trees instead of townies... hehehe..."

Elijah: "Your belly is huge, daddy! Can I touch it?"

Deven: "My belly kinda looks like a basketball, doesn't it?"

Elijah: "A basketball? More like an exercise ball!"

Lauryn: "Oh, snap!"

Deven: "My own son is mocking me? If I were smart enough, I'd have something to say back, but instead... wait... what were we talking about again?"

Servo: "I love when I'm not the target for everyone's insults for once."

Woohoo! Paisley has reached level 10 of the logic skill! Now, she just needs to max out her charisma skill.

Elodie: "I can teach Paisley a thing or two about the charisma skill."

Yep, all you have to do is talk to yourself in front of the mirror for hours on end.

Aww, this is too cute!

Paisley: "You wanna be my next chess opponent, trash bag?"