Chapter 341

Pumpkin: "Where's the food? I want food!"
Jack: "Don't you have an automatic food bowl?"

Kirsten: "Who's about to build the most awesome mini town the sim world has ever seen?"

Lester: "We are!"

Kirsten: "...As soon as I can figure out how to connect these blocks."

Spencer: "It's easy, grandma!"

Pumpkin: "Are building blocks paws friendly?

Nope, sorry.

Elle: "Ugh! I'm so burnt out from work!"

Oh come on! Not this again!

Jack has joined the computer team at school!

Jack: "I couldn't have joined an easier team? Programming is so difficult."

A dog poop was left in the backyard for so long that it grew into a trash plant... GROSS!

Kirsten: "Ah, nothing better than some hot cocoa with marshmallows!"

When the Parsons hear 'hot cocoa with marshmallows', they come running!

Elle: "My hot cocoa with marshmallows is cold."
Owen: "So is mine."

Spencer: "I'm glad I don't have that problem."

Lester: "Me neither. That must be horrible!"

Vulpes is now fully trained!

Servo is back to working on the 'Archaeology Scholar' aspiration.

He needs to authenticate 5 excellent quality artifacts.

It's Spooky Day time! 🎃👻🍬

Bonehilda sure has her work cut out for her today.

Haven't you already had enough hot cocoas for the day, Kirsten?

Kirsten: "That's why I'm here for some pizza."

Owen: "You're missing out on this grape cobbler!"

Pumpkin: "My tail has been following me all day. Tell it to stop!"

The rays of sunshine are home from school... all in a horrible mood.

Elle has decided to hire a masseuse to help with her burnout.

Servo is running out of artifacts in his inventory to authenticate. Please let at least 5 of them be excellent quality!

Uh... the masseuse has showed up in a rather interesting outfit...

Masseuse: "Are you ready for your massage?"

Elle: "I sure am. Who wouldn't want to get a massage from a sim wearing a wedding dress?"

Jack: "Did you see that masseuse wearing a wedding dress?"

Kirsten: "I did! I thought I had my short distance glasses on and was seeing things."

A hot rocks massage should melt Elle's burnout away.

Elle: "It almost did the trick. I think I need a deep tissue massage, next."

Elle: "Oww!"

Elle: "I didn't know my muscles were so tense! I'm already regretting this!"

Owen: "Hey, look! It's snowing!"

The strange Oasis Springs weather strikes again.

Owen: "Wait a minute... did I just see a masseuse wearing a wedding dress?"

Yes, yes you did.

The fixer bot is fixing the broken shower while Pumpkin is helping clean up the puddles.

Ringo is always by Servo's side.

Pumpkin: "Leave Servo alone. He's my bestie."

Ringo: "No! He's my bestie!"

Nimbus: "Would you two leave so I can take my third nap of the day?"

It's Spooky Day!

Elle: "I'm a llamacorn!"

Spencer: "I'm a spooky skeleton!"

Lester: "Why do I have to be Yoda?"

Party Bot: ♫ Spooky scary skeletons!" ♫

Look who's already taking his fourth nap of the day.

Pumpkin, stop that! I know I'm trying to clear all of the leftovers from the fridge, but this food is not for cats!

Owen: "I'm a swamp monster!"

Somehow, someone always ends up dressing in this costume without me realizing what it's going to be.

Jack: "I'm a ninja!"

A ninja who needs to reach level 2 of the programming skill for his afterschool activity. Get to it!

Lester: "How am I meant to pick up the building blocks with only three fingers?"
Spencer: "Not my problem. Start building the castle."

What the heck is going on, Shortcake? You've left multiple rainbow poops in the backyard!

Shortcake: "Don't know, gotta go!"

Kirsten: "I don't think you're ready for how awesome my costume is... I'm a mailwoman!"

Wow... so awesome...

Elle: "What kind of introductions shall I practice while wearing my llamacorn costume?"

*Sparkles!*

Nimbus aged up into an elder!

Kirsten: "This spooky music is my jam!"

Shortcake is not tolerating the stans today.

The last few artifacts Servo has uncovered are not authentic. I'm getting scared!

Nimbus: "Not as scared as I am of that!"

It's just a TV, Nimbus. Calm down.

Pumpkin, would you stop eating the human food while I'm not looking?!

Pumpkin: "Never."

Jack is still a genius. He's already an A student in school and does his extra credit work everyday.

Lester: "Who needs to be a genius when you can build castles out of blocks?"

Spencer: "Aaand that's why you'll never be the next heir."

The building blocks table has been temporarily replaced by the winterfest tree.

We're gonna have to pause on the winterfest tree decorating. The flea market is unexpectedly in town!

Of course, the Parsons are here for one reason and one reason only.

Owen: "To find snow globes and axolotls?"

You betcha!

No snow globes or axolotls over here... only fossils.

Elle: "Looks like we're gonna have to trade other sims in order to find them."

Kirsten: "Don't ask for my help. My flea market trading days are well behind me."

Elle: "Hey there, you look like you collect snow globes and axolotls, too."

Elle: "Let's trade some!"

Jack: "I've been here for 30 minutes already. Can I go home yet, dad?"

Owen: "Alright, fine."

Kirsten: "Before I leave, I'm purchasing every single flea market item so we can have special furniture variations in our family inventory."

Elle: "Do you mind trading snow globes with me?"

Townie: "Sure, why not? I have tonnes!"

Elle: "Hey, that's actually a snow globe we don't have yet!"

Finally!

Kirsten: "Apparently, these noodles are super spicy-"

Kirsten: "AHHH!!!"

Owen: "Don't judge me. I'm just purchasing every single lamp there is."

Merchant: "Would you stop asking me to trade snow globes and axolotls?! I don't have any!"

Elle: "Woah... sorry."

Elle: "I just want to complete my collections."

Merchant: "That's not my problem!"

All in all, this was a successful flea market! Elle traded a snow globe the Parsons don't have yet and needed for their collection! That's a better result than some of the last few flea markets.

Elle: "Where the heck are we now?"

We're in Ciudad Enamorada to search for more axolotls. Servo can also begin working on the 'Seeker of Secrets' aspiration while we're here. He has to break into sims houses and snoop for secrets.

Servo: "Why is breaking into sims houses so difficult?!"

I mean... it should be difficult.

Servo: "A paparazzi found me! This is gonna make me look bad!"

Servo: "Alright, here I go."

Servo: "That should do the trick!"

Servo: "I'm in!"

Servo has a limited amount of time to snoop through these sim's belongings for secrets.

Meanwhile, Elle is walking around in the nearby park looking for axolotls.

Servo: "A-ha! A secret! Apparently, this sim actually enjoys when her cooking catches on fire? What a weirdo."

Servo: "There's just got to be some more weird secrets around here."

Be quick, Servo. You're running out of time to snoop!

Elle: "I found an uncommon axolotl!"

Yay! Now, all the Parsons need to do is find another uncommon axolotl so they can breed even more uncommon axolotls!

This calls for a food break, clearly.

Elle: "I deserve this reward. How many Parsons before me have found an uncommon axolotl? That's right... none."

Touché.

Servo's snooping time is up. The owners of this house are about to return!

No colorful tassles to be found in Tomerang.

Here's the snow globe Elle collected at the flea market!

And here's the uncommon axolotl she found! It's an albino axolotl! I was wondering why the axolotls never had these funny little faces appear. It must only be a thing for uncommon and rare axolotls.

These little faces are my favorite thing ever.

No luck with breeding a common axolotl with an uncommon axolotl. They seem to only be breeding more commons.

Okay, back to decorating the winterfest tree.

Elle: "These decorations are hideous!"

I know you guys can't hear it, but the party bot is playing some wonderful winter holiday music!

The winterfest tree is now fully decorated!

Servo finally authenticated 5 excellent quality artifacts! His next task for this aspiration is to write a good archaeology book, which is titled 'Prehistorical Ain't Rhetorical'.

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

Nooooooooo! Kirsten!

Kirsten: "Take care of my family for me."

Rest In Peace, Kirsten Parsons. You were a wonderful, kind sim. You will be dearly missed.

Wickyn is now fully trained!

Next, time to train Arcticorn.

Owen: "Sims always say 'ArCtiCoRn iS tHe BeSt VoiDcRiTtEr EvEr'."

Owen: "It's clearly Kampos!"

Watch out! Scary guard dog and cat at the door!

Aren't they just so terrifying?!

Jack: "I've gotta go, I just realized I'm a whole hour late for my computer club meeting."

Nimbus: "A whole hour? That sure is late!"

Jack needs to do lots of programming to make up for being late today.

Oop- looks like Servo kicked him off the computer to continue writing Prehistorical Ain't Rhetorical.

This is the cutest thing ever!

Oh, gosh. It's chaos in here this morning!

Ringo is somehow sleeping through all of it, even with the party bot obnoxiously playing loud winter holiday music.

Servo keeps glitching while writing his archeaology skill book and never finishes it. I'll just have him go back to crafting cut gemstones until I figure out this glitch.

It's Winterfest time! 🎄🎅🎁

Jack purchased some earbuds to raise his fun while he goes to his afterschool activity and does his homework.

Jack: "Let's hope this works."

Meanwhile, Spencer and Lester came home with some school projects. They need to do a horrible job so that their creations can be put into the crafted items room.

Spencer: "We have to make a horrible project on purpose?"

Lester: "That sounds easy!"

Jack: "These earbuds are helping raise my fun, but not my hunger. I was starving during computer club!"

Bonehilda is here and is drawing sketches. I never knew she was an artiste.

Elle also wore her earbuds to work and kept her fun need up the entire day!

Elle: "It didn't keep my energy up, though. I'm exhausted!"

Owen: "Aww, man!"
Spencer: "Our project is awful!"

That's great news! Into the crafted items room it goes.

Hooray! Servo has completed the entertainer career in the 'comedian' branch! Next, he'll be joining the engineer career in the 'computer engineer' branch.

His most important task of the day, however, is cooking the grand meal.

Servo: "Surprisingly, I'm excited about cooking the grand meal this year!"

Don't you two even think about trying to steal a bite of the grand meal while no one's looking.

Owen: "Breakfast time!"

You'd better not get any ideas about stealing some of the grand meal either, Pumpkin.

Pumpkin: "Who? Me? Never!"

Everyone immediately ran to the kitchen for the grand meal!

Uh oh... poor Elle is burnt out from work yet again. Is the masseuse in the wedding dress going to have to make a return?

That's how you handle a pile of laundry on the ground, folks.

Owen: "My gift is horrible."

Jack: "Winterfest selfie!"

Servo: "Wow, I got a gaming mat?"
Owen: "Even Servo got a better gift than me?! This is the worst winterfest ever!"

Jack: "A telescope? Awesome!"

Spencer: "A superhero toy? Awesome!"

Lester: "Some more building blocks? Awesome!"

What better way to spend winterfest than to play some good ol' fashioned console games?

Jack decided to try out his new telescope.

Jack: "I just saw a spaceship... or was that a bird?"

Spencer: "This is the best winterfest ever!"

Lester: "I know, right? We got awesome gifts and dad got a horrible gift!"

Hooray! After many 12 hour shifts and burnouts, Elle has finally reached level 10 of the interior designer career!

Elle: "I couldn't be more thrilled!"

Happy birthday, Lester!

Lester aged up into a teen!

Owen and Servo are watching the latest TV season premiere!

Servo: "This is giving me a headache."
Owen: "What do you mean? That fight scene where one guy fought sixteen guys was awesome!"

Elle: "It's so realistic!"

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

Noooooooo! Shortcake!

Rest In Peace, Shortcake Parsons. You were a wonderful dog who loved to attack townies and stans and protected the front door all day and night. You will be dearly missed.

Elle decided to take Ringo for a walk.

Ringo: "As she should."

Lester: "Hehehe... I'm gonna troll teh forums!"

Shouldn't you be doing your homework?

Lester: "Why, when trolling teh forums is so much fun?!"

Arcticorn is now fully trained!

Next, time to train Suintor.

Ooh! One of the common axolotls breeded another uncommon with the albino axolotl!

These little face icons are so cute!

Spencer went all the way to this random bench up the street to do his homework to get away from the crazy Parsons and I don't blame him one bit.

Bonnie is here to visit!

Owen: "Why does Nimbus get to take naps all the time? I want to take a nap!"

Too bad. Keep training voidcritters.

Thanks to breeding, the Parsons now have every single uncommon axolotl! Now, they just need all of the rare axolotls to complete their collection.

Where are the Parsons? In their brand new house in Willow Creek!

If you want to see a full tour of the house, check it out on my Instagram!

Owen: "I'm not impressed."

Jack found a nice spot on the porch to do his homework.

Pumpkin: "Tell him to leave. He's in my new napping spot."

The flea market is in town yet again, and Elle is determined to find some more snow globes and axolotls.

She's also looking for furniture to collect that you can only find at the flea market.

Merchant: "Welcome to the flea market! Let's trade!"

I wonder if Elle will find anything today?

The queen, Bella Goth, has been spotted!

Elle: "Aww, man! I didn't find any new snow globes or axolotls this time!"

Time to head home.

Nimbus: "Welcome home. There's a cat eating fruitcake outside."

At least someone likes it.

Oh, look who it is! Mayor Whiskers!

He does not like fruitcake. Understandable.

Ringo: "What is this item? It's so interesting."

It's just a fridge.

Oh my gosh. Would you please stop that, Pumpkin?!

Pumpkin: "But, I'm hungry!"

Ringo: "I want to go for a walk!"

Bonehilda: "These pets sure are needy."

The party bot is playing some very loud electronica music for Pumpkin. How thoughtful.

Pumpkin: "Back away from my food bowl, peasant."

Ringo: "Aww, man."

Poor Ringo.

Ringo: "I want some food, too!"

Pumpkin: "Then, get your own food bowl."

Agnes Crumplebottom: "Did I just see two sims hugging each other?!"

Agnes Crumplebottom: "Not on my watch. Where's my purse?!"

The kids have more school projects! Once again, they need to do a poor job so their creations can go into the crafted items room.

Lester: "Our rocket is awesome!"
Owen: "I know, right?"

You guys weren't supposed to do a good job!

Thank you for doing such a horrible job, Spencer!

Spencer: "This is the worst solar system ever."

Who the heck keeps leaving all their dirty plates on the gem crafting table?

Lester: "It sure wasn't me, or anything..."

Jack is back to programming for his computer club task.

It's Love Day time! 💘💌💋

Finally, Servo has finished his book 'Prehistorical Ain't Rhetorical'! (It required him to start writing the book again from scratch and not leave the computer until it was finished.)

How the heck did this paparazzi get into the house? We need Shortcake!

This townie cat has our back! Thank you, townie cat.

Servo: "My book is officially published!"

Now, all Servo needs to do to complete the aspiration is to give a successful archaeology lecture.

Servo: "Gather 'round, folks, for the best archaeology lecture you've ever heard in your life."

Owen: "What makes it the best archaeology lecture I've ever heard in my life?"
Servo: "Because I doubt you've ever heard another one."

Elle: "This lamp needs to be judged."

No it doesn't. Go listen to Servo's lecture.

Servo: "...and that is why prehistorical ain't rhetorical."

Great job, Servo! After that lecture, he has now completed the 'Archaeology Scholar' aspiration!

Ringo demanded to be taken for walkies again.

The poor party bot has been stuck in their stairs all day, somehow.

In other news, Servella and Bonnie are here!

Bonnie: "I don't wanna be here! Every time I'm here, I have to help everyone with their homework because they're not a genius like I am!"

Uh... is there a utiliti bot meeting happening out here that I don't know about?

Servella is staying over for the next week!

Servella: "I'll leave my luggage right here by the front door. It's not like a burglar will take it, right?"

Uh...

Servella: "I can't cook or clean, so I guess I'll just relax if that's okay with you guys."

Owen: "I don't think I have any other choice."

Owen: "Here's some welcome confetti, I guess?"

Bonehilda: "I'm not cleaning that confetti up."

Hooray! Elle has reached level 10 of the charisma skill!