Chapter 188

Elijah is excited for his first day at work!

Paisley: "I'm excited for my 38,573rd day at work!"

Elijah: "This community space may be ugly right now, but it has so much potential!"

He's right! I can't wait to see this place turn into a maker space!

Elijah: "How do you know we're gonna win the votes?"

Because we rig it by voting for one vote 50 times, duh.

Elijah's first work task of the day is to acquire some recycled materials.

Elijah: "This is easy! And kinda fun."

You're definitely your mother's son.

Is this Paisley's son too?

Elijah: "Here come the recycled materials!"

Elijah: "Awesome! I love using the recycling machine!"

Tina: "You mind sharing some recycled materials with your friendly neighbor?"

Elijah: "Yes, I do mind."

Gage: "What if that neighbor was cute like me?"

Elijah: "I guess I wouldn't mind in that case."

Elijah: "I'm Elijah, by the way."

Gage: "I'm Gage, nice to meet you!"

Gage: "I've been trying to use the recycling machine all day, but it always malfunctions on me."

Elijah: "Even more than the fabricator machine?"

Gage: "What? No way! Nothing malfunctions more than that thing!"

Elijah: *Is this my soulmate?*

Gage: "That fabricator machine has dipped me in dye more times than I can count!"

Elijah: "Hey, me too!"

Gage: "Does it get even more aggressive the more you fight back?"

Elijah: "Yeah, and then it just throws you out like nothing!"

Looks like the Parsons aren't the only victim of the fabricator machine's evilness.

Gage: "I'm glad you spoke to me. I just moved in here a few weeks ago, but I'm having a lot of trouble with the townies. They're so rude."

Elijah: "Forget those townies, you can always roll with me."

Elijah: "I can even help you with the recycling machine!"

Gage: "Thanks! I really appreciate that."

Gage: "Hey, a few of my friends from my old town and I are going down to the bar in Port Promise tonight, you wanna join us?"

Elijah: "Yeah, I'd love to."

Gage: "Sounds great, I'll see you there, Elijah."

Elijah: "See you tonight!"

Elijah felt butterflies.

He couldn't wait to meet up with Gage later tonight.

Back at home, Deven is knitting again!

Deven: "Focus... focus..."

This is the most focused Deven has been in his life.

Elijah: "You mean he's not focused on being the most stupid sim to ever exist every single day?"

Deven: "Wow... and to think I was knitting some socks for him."

Elijah: "I guess I'd better start my next work task of the day."

Elijah has to draft municipal draft on his electronic drafting tablet.

Elijah: "How does my mom do this?"

Elijah: "I can't wait until I'm promoted to Green Technician and drafting eco inventions instead."

Don't be so hard on yourself, you're doing great, Elijah!

Deven: "Really? You never encourage me like that!"

You're doing great too, Deven.

Deven: "These are some strange looking socks."

Elijah: "I guess I'd better present my concept to a townie."

Elijah: "Hey there, neighbor!"

Townie: "Hi..."

Elijah: "How do you feel about universal smog vacuums?"

Townie: "Universal what?"

Elijah: "You know, smog vacuums? The things that have the potential to clear polluted air?"

Elijah: "Having one of these assigned to each area would increase the eco-footprint everywhere, not just in Evergreen Harbor. Isn't that amazing?"

Townie: "Hmm... I guess so."

Elijah: "You don't seem interested. Were you a victim of my mom's forced eco upgrades by any chance?"

Townie: "Yes. I've been showering with recycled water for years now. I don't wanna hear it."

Elijah: "But this is different! This concept is nothing but good!"

Townie: "No it's not. What if I like dirty brown skies?"

Elijah: "Who the heck likes dirty brown skies? Are you just trying to disagree with me?"

Elijah: "I almost got through to her. Looks like this is going to be harder than I thought. Now I know why it took my mom such a long time to clean up Evergreen Harbor."

Elijah: "Ugh, I have to recycle again?"

Just pretend the scraps are that townie's head.

Elijah: "Hehehe... ehehehehe... AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

Okay, you're enjoying this a little too much...

Sprinkles: "As long as you're a kitten, I'm the queen bee around here."

Pippa: "Oh, is that so?"

Pippa: "Guess it's time to age up, then."

Pippa aged up into an adult!

Look at that smile!

Elijah: "How many more times do I need to play chess?"

A lot more times.

Deven: "I'm glad I took up knitting instead of the logic skill."

Your tiny brain couldn't handle the logic skill, my lovely.

The cats really own this house, don't they?

Elijah went down to the bar in Port Promise to meet Gage.

Elijah: "This place looks amazing thanks to my mom."

Aww, I can see the Parsons old house from here!

What events shall unfold tonight?

Elijah: "Stop pretending you haven't got it all planned out."

Hush.

Gage: "This song is my jam!"

Gage: "Bartender! More juice, please!"

Elijah: "He's definitely my soulmate."

Elijah: "Hey, Gage!"

Gage: "Why did you get here so late? I'm already kinda juiced."

Elijah: "He really thinks I can't catch up to him in less than 30 minutes?"

Elijah: "How much juice have you had so far?"

Gage: "So far I've had 6 salty llamas."

Elijah: "Only 6? I can drink that in my sleep."

Gage: "He's gonna be more juiced than me... that's his 4th drink already."

I'm warning you, bartender... cut him off after 10 drinks, or else it'll get ugly. Don't believe me? Just look at his ancestors.

Y'all are drinking a whole lot of juice!

Gage: "Now I gotta pee!"

Elijah: "I toooold yooou I'd caaatch uuup tooo hiiim... TURN UP!"

Uh oh...

These must be Gage's friends. One of them is sitting quite fancy in a suit and tie.

Gage: "He's so cute, I don't wanna drink too much juice and embarrass myself in front of him."

Don't worry, you can't embarrass yourself in front of a Parsons, their entire existence is built on craziness.

Gage: "Ah, I feel a whole lot better now. How do you feel, Elijah?"

Elijah: "Iss theee roooom spiiinning ooor iiis ittt juuust meee?"

Gage: "Oh yeah, he's definitely more juiced than me now."

Elijah: "Meeee? Juuuuiced? Neeeveerrr! Heeeey, caaaan weee ooorder sooome buuug juuuice? My aaaunt uuused tooo maaake thaaat."

Gage: "What? Ugh! Gross!"

Elijah: "Hahahahahaha! AHAHAHAHAHAHA! AHAHHAHAHAHAAHAJDABFJ!"

No more juice for Elijah.

Gage: "You may have out juiced me, but can you out dance me?"

Elijah: "Diiid heee reeeally juuust saaaay thaaat?"

Someone thinking they can out dance the Parsons? OH MA GAWSH!

Elijah: "Heeee's gooot moooves..."

He really does.

Elijah: "I'd beeetter shooow hiiim uuup, thennnn..."

Gage: "What haaappened to yoou out daaancing meee?"

Elijah: "Theee entiiire rooom is spinniiing... aaand I gottaaa peee..."

Elijah: "Ugh, I reeeally gottaaa peee!"

You're in the bathroom, go for your life!

Elijah: "Wheeere's theee toooilet? The whooole wooorld isss spinnnnning!"

Gage really has moves! Elijah had better get back here and show him what he's made of, he's embarrassing the legacy right now!

STOP WASHING YOUR HANDS AND GET DOWNSTAIRS AND DANCE! DANCE, I SAID!

Elijah: "Wheeeres Gaaage?"

He's right behind you, dummy.

Elijah: "Ohhh heeeey, I diiidn't seeee yooou theeere."

Gage: "Really? I've been dancing behind you for 5 minutes."

Elijah: "Ohhh, myyy baaad. Sooo, dooo yooou liiike myyy daaance moooves?"

Gage: "Yeah, they're great! Not as good as mine, though."

Elijah: "Woooah, woah, woooahhh... diiiid yooou juuust saaay yooour daaance mooves aaare beeetter thaaan miiine? I meeean... yooou're prooobably riiiight... yooou looook preeetty hottt wheeen yooou daaance."

Gage: "Oh, is thaaat so?"

Gage: "Wellll, you alwaaays look hot."

Elijah: "I knooow riiight?"

Oh, okay! Break it down now!

Elijah: "Aaare yooou tryyying tooo impresss meee?"

Gage: "Oh... I don't know..."

Gage: "Is it working?"

Elijah: "Yeeeeahhh, it deeefinitelyyy isss!"

Elijah: "Isssn't heee cuute, traaash baaag?"

Gage: "Yooou think I'm cuuute?"

Gage: "Wellll, I think you're hottt. I juuust wanna kiss you riiight now."

Elijah: "Wellll, whaaat aaaare yooou waaiting forrr?"

*Kiss*

Wow, Elijah was dancing and juiced and Gage didn't run for his life?

That's a good sign.

Elijah: "Thaaat waaas greeeeat."

Gage: "Yeeeah, you're a greeeat kisser."

Elijah: "Sooo whaaat doeees thisss maaake ussss?"

Gage: "Uh... what dooo you meeean what does it maaake us? Weee're just frieends."

Elijah: "Ohhh... uuuhhh, I thoooght..."

Gage: "I think you're suuuper hottt, but I just waaanna take things slooow."

Elijah: "Ohhh... okaaay theeen..."

Gage: "Does that booother you, Elijaaah?"

Elijah: "Nopeee, I'd beetter geeet goooing... seee yooou laaater..."

Gage: "I'm glad heee understands."

Elijah: "I guesss I'ddd beeeetter geeet hooome."

Are you okay, Elijah?

Elijah: "Yeppp... whyyy wooouldn't I beee? Juust frieends..."

Poor Elijah...

Elijah: "Hehehe... caaan I haaave anoother rooound of juuuice, baaartender?"

Uh... you do realise you're home now, right, Elijah?

Elijah: "Ohhh... hehe... riiight...."

Servo has published one of the best seller books he wrote by submitting it to a literary digest! He can only do this once a week, so he only submits best seller books.

More toasty buns! It turns out, this wasn't a glitch. Servo actually installed a compost container inside the toilet, and if it isn't empty, it can set on fire. Oops! Who knew eco-friendly upgrades could have negatives to them?

Paisley: "How dare you say that! Eco-friendly upgrades can do no wrong!"

Deven: "Neither can I."

You've done a lot wrong in your day.

Woohoo! Elijah has been promoted to Green Technician! Now, he can finally do what he loves, invent and craft things!

Deven is back knitting once again!

Deven: "All this knitting with no one to teach it to..."

Monster: "Can you teach me to knit?"

Deven: "Of course, little doggy!"
Xylia: "He does realise you need hands to knit, right?"

Elijah has to upgrade something for his job. What better thing to upgrade than the expensive stove to make it burn less fuel?

Looks like Deven's socks are almost finished.

They're definitely some strange looking socks.

But at least something is keeping Deven focused.

The Game of Llamas is premiering!

Deven: "I love llamas, they're my favorite animals besides dinosaurs!"

It may not appear like it because you can't hang lights on apartments, but it's Love Day time!

Elijah: "Don't even mention Love Day after last night."

I'm surprised you can even remember it.

Deven: "What happened last night?"

Elijah: "Ugh, I don't wanna even talk about it! I never wanna speak to Gage again!"

Elijah: "Hey, Gage just texted me. I'm gonna answer in a split second."

Welp...

Elijah: "He said he misses me?"

What are you gonna say back?!

Elijah: "I just said 'sup'."

Game of Llamas is set in Al Simhara, Egypt?

Elijah: "This premiere is awesome!"
Deven: "I wonder if those are llamas or camels..."

Deven: "You gonna tell me what happened last night?"

Elijah: "Let's just say I was chewed up and spit back out."

Deven: "Sounds like the beginning of my relationship with your mom... and the middle... and the present..."

Servo: "Game of Llamas! Game of Llamas! Game of Llamaaaaas!"

And game of combusting toilets.

Deven: "Why does the toilet have to combust during my peaceful knitting time?!"

Servo: "Ugh, I hate cliff hangers!"
Deven: "Cliff hangers? I remember when I almost fell off a cliff because I thought I could walk on air!"

Elijah: "Am I any closer to level 10?"

You're level 7, so yes, you're close.

Paisley: "I'm home! Move aside, I wanna watch Game of Llamas!"

Paisley: "Really? A cliff hanger?"

Deven: "I've watched this premier 5 times now, but I never remember what's gonna happen every time. That premier was awesome!"

Xylia: "Al Simhara, Egypt looks awesome!"

Paisley: "Hey, do you think I could convince those sims to install eco friendly upgrades in those pyramids?"

Pippa: "The robot is being creepy again."

He's recharging, leave him alone.

Deven: "Hey, what did you think about the Game of Llamas premier, window?"

Lauryn: "You're really talking to the window while I'm standing right here, dad?"

Lauryn: "I got a gift for my favorite sibling!"

Xylia: "Since when am I your favorite sibling? I don't know if I trust this..."

Xylia: "Aww, a llama sculpture? Awesome!"

Lauryn: "Now, go and tell Elijah that you're my favorite sibling instead of him."

Elijah: "Hey there, Lauryn! It's so nice of you to come and visit the favorite child in the family... me!"

Lauryn: "I actually came to visit my favorite sibling, and newsflash, it's not you."

Xylia: "It's me for once."

Pippa: "I thought I was the favorite around here!"