Chapter 358

It's time for the Deck the Palms event! (I had no idea this was strictly a login event. Luckily I didn't wait until the very last second!)

At last! Preslie has reached level 10 of the handiness skill!

Cedar: "Does that mean we can't watch her repair and upgrade stuff anymore?"

The pets are very curious and intrigued every time Preslie upgrades something.

Servo: "Teleportation!"

Ainsley: "How the heck did Servo just teleport?!"

Perks of the wellness skill.

Coral: "I'd like to teleport to my favorite napping spot."

Speaking of napping, Sherbet never misses her daily naps.

Nap confetti!

It's New Year's Eve time! 🎉🥳

Servo is now able to harvest some 'grub meal' to make grub dogs... which sounds like the most disgusting meal ever.

The Grim Reaper attempted to reap the chickens... but he couldn't, because they're hiding in the Parsons family inventory. MWAHAHAHAHA!

Alright, let's see how these grub dogs come out.

Just as disgusting as expected.

Barkley, the food isn't for you.

Barkley: "Maybe if I stand like this long enough, someone will share their food with me."

Servo and Ainsley are down in a nearby park in Gibbi Point so that Servo can work on the 'Party Animal' aspiration and Ainsley can work on the teen 'Admired Icon' aspiration.

Ainsley needs to become friends with 10 fellow teens.

Ainsley: "Once I have 10 friends, I'll finally have sims to read my awesome social bunny posts!"

Servo: "I shall have the most awesome contribution to the potluck of all time!"

Please don't tell me those are grub dogs...

Everyone else is bringing their contributing meals!

Ainsley: "Hey! Wanna be besties?"

Townie Teen: "Sure!"

Ainsley: "I already know your food is awesome!"

You haven't even tried it, yet!

Thanks to the charisma skill, Ainsley is making friends in no time.

Alright, she's made enough friends at the neighborhood potluck.

Time for a pool party in the freezing cold!

Servo: "I love swimming in the freezing cold!"

Probably because you're unaffected by temperatures.

Welp... no one had better freeze.

Ainsley: "I'm not going in the pool! It's freezing!"

Ainsley: "Hey! Let's be besties and stay far away from the freezing cold pool!"

I guess a hot tub is a much better idea.

Ainsley: "A hot tub? Where?"

Ainsley: "Much better!"

Oop- why did everyone else just exit the hot tub as soon as Ainsley entered it?

Uh oh... a sim has froze to death!

Servo: "Spare this sim, Grim."

Servo has saved yet another life with the death flower!

Servo: "What do you mean you don't want to party at the library?"

Servo only has two more parties to throw until he moves onto the next set of aspiration goals.

Ainsley has finally made 10 friends!

Servo: "Party at your place, random friend?"

I guess they said yes.

Servo decided to throw a keg party this time. If he earns gold, he'll also get the golden keg which I never knew even existed.

Liam also decided to show up.

Liam: "Keg par-tay!"

You know it's a party when Servo whips out the ol' guitar!

Liam: "Best. Party. EVER!"

Servo took the party to another sims house. This is the last party he needs to throw until he can move onto the final set of the 'Party Animal' aspiration goals.

Liam is truly in the keg party spirit, but the party has ended and it's time to head home.

Back at home, Sherbet has claimed poor Coral's favorite sleeping spot.

Ainsley: "All 10 of my new besties love my awesome social bunny posts!"

Ainsley: "Coral is sick and is drooling all over the couch!"

Servo and a wellness treat to the rescue!

Ainsley: "What's this? The 'Trendi' app? I'm gonna create some fashion looks to list on here!"

Ainsley is down at ThriftTea in Copperdale!

Ainsley: "I'll put together an awesome cottagecore look."

Ainsley: "Very much 'cottage vibes'."

Ainsley: "Hopefully it sells on Trendi!"

Servo: "Could someone tell Sherbet to move out of the way while I'm trying to cook?!"

Preslie has been promoted once again after a tough weekend away working at the campsite.

Preslie: "I need a shower!"

Crystal seems to be in charge of Barkley's daily walkies.

Sherbet, stop that!

She only stopped as soon as the automatic food bowl refilled.

Now that Preslie's home, she needs to work on her work task of doing outdoor activities.

Scarlet: "Ugh! I hate stupid acne!"

Nothing some cleanser can't fix!

The broken ceramics continue to grow.

Liam: "Hey, this spinning green diamond just appeared above me!"

Don't break the fourth wall, Liam!

Cedar may be an elder now, but he still always has zoomies, much to the dislike of the cats.

School is in session!

Scarlet: "Can you see my acne from there?"

Ainsley completed another aspiration goal by joining in on the 'T-pose challenge'.

Teacher: "Good morning, students! Who's ready to learn?"

Crystal: "I can't think of anything more annoying."

Ainsley, hurry up and get to class!

Time for math class!

Ainsley: "I'm great at math... and simlish... and science... and everything!"

Lunch time is the perfect time to study.

Crystal: "Or pretend to study while scrolling though social bunny!"

Excuse you?

The final class of the day is science class! Time to head home.

Now that Preslie is almost up to the final set of tasks of the 'Admired Icon' aspiration, she needs to earn gold on any hosted party for one of her aspiration tasks.

Ainsley: "School's out, weenie roast party at my house?"

Ainsley: "They'll all be here in 5 minutes. Of course they would, who wouldn't want to come to my super awesome par-tay?"

Servo is preparing some food for the weenie roast!

Ainsley: "Guess I'd better get this campfire going."

Ainsley: "Now... we wait."

In the midst her midlife crisis, Preslie has decided that she's feeling creative and is carefully examining a bunch of the paintings in the crafted items room.

The first guest has arrived! Stay tuned for the second guest.

The second guest has arrived! Now, for the third guest.

The third guest has- oh my gosh, it's the sim that Servo saved from freezing to death at the pool party! She still hasn't warmed up?!

Ainsley: "This bonfire should warm you back up!"

Guest: "I sure hope so, I've been freezing cold for weeks!"

All the other guests have arrived!

There's gonna be a whole lot of dirty plates lying around.

Ainsley wasn't able to complete enough tasks to earn gold for this weenie roast, but she did earn silver and still somehow completed her aspiration goal! Her next goal was to have 250 social bunny followers which she already has, meaning she has now completed the 'Admired Icon' aspiration!

It's Love Day time! 💌💗💋

After drawing some inspiration from the paintings in the crafted items room, Preslie has decided to paint three emotional paintings herself.

The Deck the Palms event has a super awesome prize that can be grilled on the BBQ!

Krabby Patties!

I love them!

Wow, what an emotional piece of art-

Preslie: "It's awful! I need a painting that represents the depths of my soul!"

Welp, looks like you'll have to try again.

Uh... what the heck is this?

Preslie: "Perfection. That's what it is."

Preslie: "The depths of my soul on a canvas... I love it! I'm truly a master painter."

Maybe you should move onto something else...

Liam now has to spend his entire day down in the crafted items room cloning this rare metal since it can't be purchased. He needs it to continue crafting every single piece of jewelry.

Preslie has moved on from the need to be creative and has now decided that outdoorsy activities are her thing — namely bowfishing.

The many emotions of the Parsons kids arriving home from school.

Preslie is almost level 10 of the fitness skill, so why not participate in the final hour of Fitness Fest?

Ainsley: *Crying* "I don't want to age up! What if I'm not the next heiress?"

Happy birthday, Ainsley!

Ainsley aged up into a young adult!

Aaand, here we have our generation 31 heiress!

Ainsley: "Oh, thank gosh I'm the heiress!"

Happy birthday, Crystal!

Crystal aged up into a young adult! Now, get out.

Happy birthday, Scarlet!

Scarlet also aged up into a young adult! Now, get out.

Ainsley: "Hello? ... You want me to be apart of a reality romantic competition show?"

Ainsley: "Sign me up! I'll be right there."

Ainsley has been invited to Love Highland to compete in a romantic competition! If all goes well, Mr. Right will propose to her at the end of the competition.

Mack: "We're gonna be on TV! Hooray!"

Ainsley: "He's weird... but he's cute."

Star: "Welcome to Love Highland, I'm your first host, Star Addam!"

Jane: "I'm your other host, Jane Addam! We're so excited to have you all here to hopefully help you find the love of your life!"

I guess even ghosts need love.

Delilah: "I'm so excited to be here!"

Ainsley: "Me too... as long as you don't try and take the sim I wanna be with from me."

Mack: "Ladies, ladies, don't fight over lil' ol' me."

Mayor Whiskers: "I'm here to ensure everyone is acting accordingly!"

Ainsley: "Accordingly? Does that mean we have to act fancy?"

Mack: "I think so! If not, we might be eliminated."

Ainsley: "I don't want to be eliminated, especially on the first day!"

Alex: "These sims are stupid."

Mack: "Don't tell anyone, but you're the most beautiful sim here."

Ainsley: "I know, right?"

Alex: "Why, hello there, beautiful lady."

Rita: "You're quite handsome yourself."

Ghost: "Why is no one acknowledging me? Am I invisible?"

Almost.

Dinner time!

Mack: "No one else sit next to Ainsley in the hot tub tonight. That spot is for me."

You guys don't have to clean the dishes. There's a maid!

Ainsley: "You're right, what am I doing trying to clean dishes? I'm here to find my true love!"

Into the hot tub, everyone!

I guess Ainsley and Mack won't be sitting next to each other just yet.

Mack: "Didn't I tell everyone to let me sit next to that lovely lady?"

Ainsley: "Who? Me?"

Mack: "Of course. You're the lovliest lady I've ever laid my eyes on."

Ainsley: "Then, scoot on over here."

Mack: "I would if you weren't sitting next to the host."

Out of the way, Jane!

Finally, they're sitting side by side!

Linda: "Lucky them. No other sim has even looked my way since I've been here!"

Ainsley: "I think you're the cutest sim here, too."

Mack: "Yes! I knew it!"

The hot tub isn't the only thing getting steamy!

*Kiss*

Mack: "You're a great kisser."

Ainsley: "Thanks. I was worried about my kissing skills."

Mayor Whiskers: "Everyone, out of the hot tub NOW! It's time to sleep!"

Ainsley: "Not before I tinkle, first."

Ooh, they're sharing a bed!

The next day, Ainsley is up bright and early making a breakfast smoothie.

Ainsley: "Woah!"

Ainsley: "After a failed attempt, I finally made my smoothie!"

Where the heck is the maid?!

Everyone else is finally awake.

Meanwhile, Ainsley is in the gym trying to look her best for Mack.

Jane: "Alright, contestants! Linda has been eliminated for not having a single soul look her way the entire competition. Even the maid has had more romance than her."

Linda: "Aww, man."

Maid: "It's true. One of the contestants looked at me romantically."

Ainsley: "Agh! These weights are so heavy!"

Ainsley: "Why is working out so difficult?"

Probably because you're level 1 in the fitness skill.

Everyone else is off for a jog, it seems!

Ainsley: "I guess I'd better join in!"

Ainsley found Buddy nearby!

Ainsley: "Can we play rock, paper, scissors for a new collectable item?"

Hooray! Ainsley won a new collectable item!

Ainsley: "Hey! Mayor Whiskers is eating our lunch!"

Ainsley: "I guess I'll have some animal crackers, instead."

Mack and the ghost appear to be kayaking!

While Ainsley naps... even though it's supposed to be outdoor activity time!

Mayor Whiskers: "I'm just waiting for more food."

Ainsley: "Dinner time already? Don't mind if I do."

I think these two have a romance budding!

Look who I found kayaking around Gibbi Point!

Ainsley: "Hey, Mack! Did you have fun kayaking?"

Mack: *How did she know I was kayaking? She was no where to be seen.*

Ainsley: "I've missed you, today."

Mack: "Woah!"

*Kiss*

Rita: "How romantic!"

According to a pop-up, Mack and Ainsley are now engaged! I guess that concludes the romantic competition reality show.

Mack: "Hey, everyone! I proposed to Ainsley!"

Rita: "You did? Oh my gosh!"

After a wonderful time at Love Highland, Ainsley has returned home!

Ainsley: "Hey, babe! Are you ready to move in?"

Mack has officially joined the Parsons household!

Mack: "Happily engaged, at that."

Ainsley has also joined the 'Style Influencer' career upon arriving home! Her first task is to take pictures for fashion inspo... I guess she considers herself as fashion inspo since she took a selfie.

She also needs to improve her writing skill.

Preslie: "Are you mad at me because I didn't take you for walkies, today?"

Cedar: "What do you think?"

Mack has joined the lifeguard part-time career! He needs to work on his fitness skill, so he's off for a jog.

He's also working out along with the workout channel.

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

Nooooooo! Cedar!

Rest In Peace, Cedar Parsons. You were a wonderful dog who loved being by Servo's side every time he cooked a meal. You will be dearly missed.

Preslie: "Finally, I can scroll mindlessly on my phone instead of working on my skills."

Sherbet loves looking out this window.

Sherbet: "I want to be far away from these crazy sims."

The Finchwick Chicken Fair is finally approaching, so the chickens are back in the coop. They had a lovely time in the Parsons family inventory.

Mack is off to his first day at work as a lifeguard!

Here they come!

The paparazzi loves to be present when Servo is outside with the chickens.

Servo also purchased a fourth chicken for even more chances at earning Finchwick Fair ribbons. Meet Apple!

Paparazzi: "Another chicken? Front page news!"

Apple seems startled by the fact that Servo is a robot.

It's Egg Day time! 🥚🐰🌸

Preslie is outside biking during a very dangerous thunderstorm for good reason: to max out her fitness skill.

Servo is also outside during this awful weather to complete his work task of the day of doing outdoor activities.

Mack had a great first day at work!

Hooray! Preslie has maxed out the fitness skill!

Now that Mack is home and not busy at work, he can begin crafting jewelry for the crafted items room.

So can Preslie before she heads to work.

Speaking of skills, Ainsley is now level 3 of the writing skill! She should be promoted in no time.