Chapter 315

The robot floor vacuum has its work cut out for it today. Poor Maple is sick.

He's feeling a lot better after Servo crafted him a wellness treat, though.

Maple: "Now, I can watch the automatic floor vacuum clean up my mess."

Townie: "I can see Servo Bot through the window!"

Servo brought his inventions home with him to put in the crafted items room.

He also purchased an inventor to use at home.

Since he already has a sim-ray, he can now upgrade it.

Servo: "Great job, little robot friend. Now, the sim-ray will be able to transform objects with the upgrade we just did."

Servo: "Let's see what this MySim trophy transforms into, shall we?"

(Ignore the messy painting placements behind Servo, there's no room for them anywhere else at the moment!)

Servo: "Kapow!"

What will it turn into?

A marble jar?

Servo: "That was underwhelming."

Ooh, after transforming that item a few times, it turned into a message in a bottle that the Parsons don't have yet!

Poor Paul passed away from old age. Rest In Peace, Paul. The Parsons have a new rodent! Introducing Sassy the flying squirrel!

Servo: "I think I'm addicted to transforming objects."
Pancake: "He's transforming the pet cage... perfect!"

What shall we get this time?

A pink table...

Servo: "Can it be something interesting for once?"

Juniper: "Maybe next time, the sim-ray can transform something into a sunshine in a can!"

Zeke: "Or, a soccer ball!"

Angie: "Or, into a car, so I can get far, far away from this family."

Dimitri: "Maybe it'll transform into a toy car!"

Uh oh... I think Servo went a bit overboard!

Tiffany: "Fire!!!"
Zeke: "Would someone help me put this thing out?!"

Servo: "Relax, the sim-ray can also put out fires. You're all such wimps."

Maple: "I've lived a long life, but it's time for me to go."

Noooooooooo! Maple! Amidst all this chaos, too?!

Rest In Peace, Maple Parsons. You were a wonderful, surprisingly calm cat. You will be dearly missed.

Zeke and Servo managed to get the fire under control.

This is too much! One minute, the Parsons were running from a fire, the next minute, they're mourning Maple.

Grim Reaper: "Uh... is this a bad time?"

Dimitri and Angie decided to swing on the swings to help them feel better.

Dimitri: "I see an island with a treasure chest!"

Dimitri: "When I collect it, I'll be the richest pirate ever!"

Zeke: "Hey there, Sassy."

Zeke: "Who's the cutest little rodent ever? You are!"

Servo, stop that! You need to take a break! We don't want anymore fires.

Servo: "I'll make some drinks with the kettle instead."

Servo: "What shall I make?"

Servo: "Maybe some hot chocolate with marshmallows."

Where the heck are the marshmallows?

Servo: "Good question... I have no idea."

Tiffany: "I'm gonna make the coolest hot drink ever."

Tiffany: "Some rainbowberry unicorn galaxy tea."

Wow, that drink is pretty cool!

Tiffany: *Gulp*

Tiffany: "I'm feeling majestic!"

Zeke: "I'll try some healthy green tea."

Zeke: "Hopefully this will help me increase my fitness skill."

Servo: "Who's that gorgeous lady walking towards me?"

If your fiancé doesn't make his head do a 180 spin when he sees you, is he really your fiancé?

Sassy: "True dat!"

Summer has rolled around again, and the weather forecast in Newcrest is nothing but rain and thunderstorms.

Luckily, Servo can fix that.

Tiffany: "Thank gosh for Servo. Now, I can enjoy this beautiful sunny day and make some more bouquets."

Happy birthday, Dimitri!

(I accidentally didn't get a picture of him immediately after he aged up, but Dimitri aged up into a teen!)

Zeke: "Look at this embarrassing picture of dad sleeping!"
Juniper: "Say what?"

The pets are running low on toys after chewing all of them to oblivion, so Angie went outside to collect some of the gifts they've been leaving which usually have pet toys in them.

Angie: "I found this power-sip llama berry drink in that dig pile."

Gross! Don't drink that!

Angie: "Fine, I'll play hopscotch instead. This time, I won't lose to Dimitri!"

Angie: "Somehow, I still fell and lost."

Dimitri: "Thanks for the honey, bees."

Dimitri: "Ahh! They're attacking me!"

Dimitri: "Help me!"

Juniper: "What did I just step in?"

A giant dog poop.

Tiffany: "AH! Why are the bees attacking me?!"

Tiffany: "Maybe I can duck them!"

Tiffany: "AHHHH!"
Dimitri: "These bees are evil!"

Tiffany: "They're trying to sting me on the butt again!"

Angie: "I guess they really hate sims with pink hair."

Tiffany: "Well, that's not nice."

Tiffany: "I thought everyone loved my pink hair."

Tiffany: "Maybe these guys just need some mite treatment and they'll calm down."

Tiffany: "Hey, that actually worked!"

Zeke's basketball skills are on fire after scoring three times in a row!

Oop- I guess he couldn't score four times in a row.

Everyone is devastated. Neighborhood stories took away Deidre last night. She died from electrocution after sticking her finger in an outlet, apparently.

Juniper: "I can't believe this is happening."

Tiffany: "She was our first born..."

Zeke: "This is horrible."

It's a sad day in the Parsons household.

Hey, is that the designated birthday cake?!

Angie: "Why yes, yes it is."

Servo is painting this sad painting in honor or Deidre.

Juniper: "Thanks for comforting me with your adorableness, Smoothie."

Smoothie: "Thanks for the chin scritches."

Juniper: "Whatcha makin' there, honey?"
Tiffany: "Some chicken nuggets."

Tiffany: "Don't try to eat any of my chicken nuggets."
Juniper: "I don't even eat, I photosynthesise from the sun!"

Tiffany: Oh, right, I forgot about that."

Tiffany is holding her chicken nuggets just like Duncan. Like father, like daughter.

Hooray! Zeke reached level 3 of the football team and is now team captain! Just in time before he ages up.

Happy birthday, Zeke!

Zeke aged up into a young adult!

Aaand here we have our generation 24 heir!

Zeke: "Since I'm the new heir, I demand we move immediately."

The Parsons have moved into a brand new townhouse in San Sequoia!

They'll be living in this townhouse on the far left. If you'd like to see a full tour of this place, check it out on my Instagram!

Servo: "Moving day, moving day!"

For once, everyone looks excited and appreciative of the house I spent hours building.

Tiffany: "It's amazing here, it even smells lovely!"
Angie: "You're getting a bit too excited, mom."

I was even able to bring the collectable, gardening and crafted item rooms! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to adjust the wall height for some reason, so there's a bit of a weird cut-off of some of the wall items. It's only temporary until the Parsons move again, though!

Dimitri: "Why has no one liked my moving post on social bunny, yet? It's been almost two minutes!"

Zeke has enrolled in the biology degree at Foxbury university, but his real goal of attending university is to reach the top of the university soccer team. He'll be able to start the athlete career in the professional athlete branch at level 8 once he reaches level 3 of the soccer team!

Tiffany is still making bouquets. She's probably halfway through all the bouquets she needs to make.

Zeke needs to become friends with two of his soccer teammates. He decided to invite one of them over. This might be difficult, since Zeke has the mean trait.

Zeke: "Hey, team member! Wanna come inside?"

Matty: "Sure, that'd be great."

Zeke: "I can't wait to start practice on Monday. Everyone will get to see how awesome I am!"

Matty: "You think highly of yourself, huh?"

Zeke: "I mean... duh. Wouldn't you if you were me?"

Matty: "Uh... sure?"

Uh oh... neighbors... fruitcake... the welcome wagon is here!

HELP!!!

Normally I'd condemn sims for kicking a soccer ball in the kitchen, but Zeke needs to make friends any way he can, and it probably won't happen using his personality.

Juniper: "Welcome, guys! Come on inside with that delicious looking fruitcake that I'm glad I don't have to eat."

Neighbor: "This recipe is a family heirloom."

Tiffany: "She should have kept it in the family and not brought it here."

Smoothie: "I'll guard the fruitcake to make sure nothing happens to it, ensuring that everyone has to eat a slice."

Angie: "Should we fake an illness to get out of eating the fruitcake?"

Dimitri: "I like your thinking-"

Juniper: "Fruitcake, everyone! Come get your fruitcake!"

Dimitri: "This sucks. I didn't even have enough time to fake an illness."

Tiffany: "Aww, man... there's no fruitcake left. What a bummer..."

Dimitri: "I should have waited until there was none left!"

Zeke needs to work on his homework. He's only in one class because he's mainly focused on the soccer team, so this should be a piece of fruitcake.

If you're wondering where Servo is, he's upstairs painting like his life depends on it.

Juniper: "Hahaha! The cat's sleeping on your homework!"

Servo: "Now that those neighbors are gone with their nasty fruitcake, I can make some real food for these ungrateful sims."

Zeke is on a mission to be nicer and make friends with his neighbors to complete the 'Discerning Dweller' aspiration.

Zeke: "Hey there, neighbor. I'm Zeke and I'm the coolest sim you'll ever meet. Probably cooler than you. My townhouse is probably better decorated than any other sim's around here, too. Feel free to stop by and check it out sometime."

Neighbor: "Uh... I'll be leaving, now."

Zeke is so rude, no wonder he can't make any friends.

Angie: "Thank gosh, some real food at last!"

Dimitri: "I'll never take Servo's cooking for granted ever again."

Zeke: "Hey there, new BFF! Do you wanna come over to hang out?"

Uh oh, looks like this apartment has a bit of a mold problem.

Juniper: "Juniper the mold scrubber to the rescue!"

We love a golden retriever husband!

Pancake: "I thought I was the only golden retriever around here!"

Dimitri: "You're so adorable!"

Zeke: "What do you mean you're leaving? All I did was make fun of your facial hair!"

Matty: "Do you really think that makes me want to be friends with you?"

Zeke: "But, I said I was kidding. That makes the insult null and void!"
Matty: "You're a jerk, point blank! That's why I'm leaving!"

The paparazzi have discovered Servo's new home.

Luckily, he's hiding down in the gardening room.

Zeke: "Okay, since things didn't go over so well with Matty, I'll invite another team member over to the house to hopefully be friends."

Zeke: "Hey, Sarah! I'm your soccer team member from university. Wanna come over to be my BFF?"

She's here! Aaand she's already in a bad mood.

Sarah: "Matty told me what a jerk you are. Are you gonna be rude to me, too?"

Zeke: "You haven't even given me a chance."

Sarah: "It doesn't matter, you're clearly not a team player!"

Sarah: "All for one, and one for all! You're a jerk to Matty, you're a jerk to all of us!"

Oh, gosh. Making friends with the soccer team members is going horribly so far.

Juniper has found a perfect spot near the townhouse where he can go swimming and get some sunlight at the same time. I also don't think it snows here in San Sequoia, so he'll be living his best life here!

Zeke: "Hmm... all of this mail is just fan mail for Servo. Where's my fan mail? I'm the most awesome sim around here."

Sarah: "You're the most conceited, self-centered jerk I've ever met! I'm leaving!"

Juniper: "Swimming around is even better than being in the hot tub!"

Zeke is back from class!

Zeke: "Alright, I have one more team member I can attempt to be friends with. I'll invite her over."

Monica: "Hey, Zeke! Nice to see you!"

Zeke: "I'm sure it is nice to see me."

Zeke: "Uh... I mean... nice to see you, too."

Monica: "I'm so excited for this semester of soccer, it's gonna be awesome!"

Thank gosh this sim is nice enough to ignore Zeke's rudeness.

Kyle is back! The Parsons got a call from Kyle asking if he could stay over, and of course, they said yes.

Kyle: "This is a pretty cool townhouse, dude."

Juniper: "Kyle! Great to see you!"

Kyle: "Good to see you too, bro. Thanks for letting me stay for a while."

Juniper: "The pleasure is all ours! Why don't you make yourself comfortable while you're here and relax?"

Kyle: "Sweet! Sounds good to me, dude!"

Even Pancake is excited to see Kyle.

Kyle: "Hey, little dude!"

Pancake: "I shall protect Kyle with my life."

Monica left out of no where, but Zeke is almost friends with her. I had to keep a close eye on their conversation to make sure that he didn't say anything mean to her.

Oh, gosh. Juniper and Kyle are now gonna leave their cans all over the house. It'll be madness!

Isn't this family portrait of the Parsons adorable?

Smoothie: "Bow down to me, peasant!"
Pancake: "Yes, queen."

Zeke is off to his first soccer practice with two teammates who hate his guts and one who semi likes him. Wish him luck!

Dimitri: "Who the heck is this guy?"

That's Kyle. Be nice.

Angie: "I'd better not have to clean up a bunch of those power-sip llama berry cans as part of my chores."

Dimitri: "How long is Kyle staying here, dad?"

Angie: "Hopefully not too long-"
Juniper: "As long as he likes! He's awesome."

Zeke is home from his first soccer practice!

Zeke: "I was awesome- I mean... that was awesome!"

Zeke: "Hey there, Matty. It's Zeke."

Zeke: "I think we got off on the wrong foot last time we spoke. Why don't you come over so we can try and make amends?"

I can't believe he actually agreed.

Zeke: "Hey, BFF!"

Matty: "Hey, Zeke. I hope you'll be nicer today."

Zeke: "I'm super nice. I love your outfit. Did you borrow it from your grandpa?"

Matty: "Excuse you?"

Zeke: "Uh... scratch that. Wanna see the selfies I took this morning? There's only about 50."

Kyle, why are you sipping a power-sip llama berry drink in the bathroom? Gross!

Kyle: "I sip anywhere, anytime, dude."

Smoothie: "Does anyone else feel like their fur is irritated?"

Oh no, there's more mold!

Dimitri: "Finally, we're home from school!"
Angie: "Don't get too excited. You have to do your homework... then, you have to do my homework."

Kyle: "Woah, you're like super talented, dude! Can I join in?"

Pancake and the pancake vacuum are very intrigued by the mold.

Zeke: "Let's see your soccer skills!"

Kyle: "I'm a soccer pro, bro."

Juniper: "Is everyone good at soccer around here except me?"

Don't worry, you're good at cleaning Sassy's cage.

Smoothie: "That's why my fur was irritated? A queen can't live in these conditions!"

Alright, you guys, you've been kicking the soccer ball for almost a whole sim hour!

Angie: "I feel weird..."

Uh oh, Angie is sick with sporeosis from the mold!

Dimitri: "Is everything spinning, or is it just me?"

Dimitri is sick with sporeosis, too! This mold needs to be taken care of immediately.

Juniper, go clean the mold!

Juniper: "Can't you see I'm busy trying not to burn some hotdogs, here?"

Angie: "All Kyle does is dance, drink power-sip llama berry drinks and say 'bro'."
Juniper: "Angie, be nice to Kyle."

Servo was promoted! Only one more promotion to go until he's at the top of the scientist career!

Juniper is cleaning up the mold again. Luckily, the automatic floor vacuum has an upgrade that makes it able to clean up mold. Servo needs to get right on that!

Poor Zeke is filthy after soccer practice. The good news is, he finally levelled up to level 2 of the soccer team! He was able to make friends with Matty by strictly talking to him on the phone and through social bunny. Now, he doesn't need to make friends with anymore teammates, thank gosh. He's terrible at making friends! All he needs to do now is improve his logic skill since his fitness skill is already super high.

Smoothie: "I know it was you who attracted that mold, mouse ball!"

Juniper: "How was soccer practice, son?"

Zeke: "It was awesome, dad! I'm the most talented sim on the team by far, and everyone knows it. That's why they hate me!"

Sure, that's why...

Uh oh! There's a major water leak!

Juniper needs to call the property owner to come and fix this.

This isn't good!

Thank gosh, the property owner is here already.

Zeke, go and greet him to complete your aspiration milestone and become a nicer sim.

Zeke: "But, I'm tired!"

Zeke: "Hey! Wanna come inside and fix the water leak which is entirely your fault because of your poor property management?"

Property Owner: "Uh... sure."

Please do a good job, please do a good job.

Property Owner: "Ugh! I can't seem to fix it!"

Zeke is here to help save the day! The water leak is fixed!

Kyle: "Water leaks are totally not cool, bro."

But, napping while sitting upright on a wicker chair is cool?!

Tiffany: "Look at my cool acai bowl... LOOK AT IT!"

Juniper: "Servo's paintings are so cool, I just wanna admire them all day."
Servo: "Could you admire them from a bit more of a distance? You're all up in my personal space."

Juniper got out of Servo's personal space by joining Zeke at the recreation center.

Tiffany also tagged along.

Zeke: "I'll race you guys in there!"

That's a bit unfair. You're an athlete, Zeke!

Zeke is here to improve his logic skill.

Townie: "You'll never beat me at chess!"

Zeke: "You're probably right, but you know what's wrong? That haircut on you."

Tiffany and Juniper decided to play simbles.

Tiffany: "I'm already winning!"

Tiffany: "Simbles!"

Juniper: "I'd better step my game up."

Tiffany: "Don't bother, babe. You're not winning."

After improving his logic skill, Zeke needs to study soccer strategies on the computer.

Juniper: "These spontaneously growing leaves are trying to distract me!"

Tiffany: "Will you just give up, already? You're not gonna beat me!"

Kyle: "Why didn't you guys invite me to the recreation center? That's, like, so not cool, man."

Tiffany: "This hotdog your father made isn't so bad."
Zeke: "I know you're lying, mom. Dad can't cook to save his life."

Bonehilda is here to do her maidly duties.

Kyle: "I hope Bonehilda doesn't mind cleaning up my power-sip llama berry cans. I always forget about them and leave them all over the place."

Tiffany: "Hey, Bonehilda. I wanted to give you this 100 simoleon tip."

Bonehilda: "For lil' ol' me? You shouldn't have!"

Tiffany: "I wanted to. You deserve it!"

Smoothie: "I also accept tips in the form of cat treats for being adorable."

Bonehilda: "I need a juicy burger after cleaning up after these sims all day long."

Hooray! Servo has reached the top of the scientist career! I'm gonna keep him in this career until he invents and fully upgrades all of the inventions.

I forgot to display these cool trophies Zeke got for getting to level 3 of the football club in high school! I wonder if that golden football is functional.

Servo is working on fully upgrading the sim-ray now that he's a level 10 scientist and is now able to perform all of the upgrades.

Poor Zeke is exhausted after soccer practice. He passed out on the front lawn!