hey y'all and welcome back to the ride
we left off last time with the house completely infested with ghostly visitors OOoooOoOooooOOOooooo spooky
which was making all of our sims go running around in their skivvies
ok fine I'm just kidding with you. I don't think the ghosts had anything to do with it, Briar is just a weirdo who wants all of Ravenwood to see her nakey
and predictably, pretty much on sight of the first ghost, Harvey gained the paranoid trait and then proceeded to run around the house screaming until he passed out
one could argue that he was not the best match for a legacy heir currently living out the haunted house challenge....and they would be right!
But the heart wants what it wants so we'll just have to deal with Harvey's eccentricisms
luckily, Cas shared none of his boyfriend's trepidations and happily spent his days interacting with his new ghostly visitors
and to his credit, he kept most of our ghosties in a very pleasant mood and showering him with blessings from beyond the grave
Unsurprisingly, Bryn was also getting along well with the house's new inhabitants
and after her meltdown, I figured she could use some time with Esther. After all, if anyone would understand what she was going through, it would be a fellow ghost
they spent the afternoon relaxing in the baleful bog and enjoying each other's company
and with the BONE FISHIES eeeeeeeeee I'm really loving all these details of Ravenwood
to Bryn, it felt like their friendship had lasted a lifetime and somewhere along the way, Esther had become much more to her than that. It wasn't just that Esther seemed to understand everything about her, it was also knowing that she would be the only sim that would never age up and leave Bryn behind
before she could question herself too much, Bryn kissed Esther just like she'd wanted to for a while now
Well she tried to LOL but it was a little messed up from standing on the beach
they took the party back inside where Esther offered up her famous complimentary back-rubs
then they settled in for some netflix and cuddling kachow
errrr.....ok this netflix and chill is getting way kinkier than usual. No one told me that Esther's roommate was a freak
back at home, all our simmies were screaming and running around like chickens with their heads cut off because of the near-constant hauntings
but at least they were all pitching in on trying to make sure the house was properly cleansed of occult symbols
even Mr. Skelley was contributing to Cas' many many seances
Bonehilda was also now a regular fixture around the house since Casper unlocked the ability to summon her and has been doing so constantly
which er....created some problems for our other living help who immediately fled
yada yada something about unsafe working conditions, we'll never take her alive, blah blah blah. Whatever, who needs a lazy maid anyways
and when she wasn't scaring off all our living help, Bonehilda was busy putting her skeletal charms all over the ladies of the house ! the audacity, some things never change huh
she actually managed to get Bryn into bed with her before I realized what tomfoolery was happening
thankfully with Briar, I caught them before it went too far 🙄
BONEHILDA get your bony hands off of my sims, my god
the next morning, Cas and Harvey headed out on a trip to Nordhaven to the grand opening of a certain locale
which was pretty much immediately sidelined by the fact that Nia (the tattoo artist townie in Nordhaven) set their private grill on fire and my sims weren't able to ENTER the residential area to put it out or CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
naturally to put out a house fire, you should just go panic out on the road while the problem solves itself
five LONG sim hours later, the fire finally puttered out and Cas could proceed with his plans of being thoroughly tatted up
ah yes, now he's properly menacing and sexy for a ghost hunter
that evening, Guidry showed up for the first time to offer his advice on paranormal activity
oh and Bryn is a HUGE fan, apparently he's quite the celebrity in the ghost world
but we actually haven't been having too many issues with the hauntings besides scary light flickering and weird thumping through the house at night
although there were some hilarious mishaps like when a happy spector trapped Briar in her room and kept blessing her until she peed herself
when I finally realized she'd been missing for a while, I sent Jax up to rescue her LOL
oh and there was that one other ghost that ate Harvey's face
the council assured me it would be a one-time incident 😌
besides the chaos of the house, Clarke was also now going to high school (although I'm not following him much at all oops)
but on one of the days that I was following him, he met this girl, Freya Loden, who I think came with the new businesses and hobbies EP
basically the second he saw her, Clarke developed a humongous crush and I even got picture proof of the exact moment
the two got along fantastically, both more interested in having fun than skilling and would skip class to play foosball together CUTE
we were planning on inviting her to prom but before I even got the chance she showed up at the house and asked Clarke herself !!
they celebrated with a game of Don't Wake the Llama
big news for the employed, Casper is joining the work force. He finally maxed out his medium skill and snagged a paranormal investigator license from Guidry
as a thank you, he gave Guidry a reading 😌
so now Cas' nights consisted of clearing out other haunted houses
POW
BOOM
who you gonna call?
CALL CASPERRRR
he was also making HELLA simoleans like 3k+ every single night so we had Harvey quit his job which he hated working anyways
now he spent most of his time working on his mixology skill and hanging by the pool like a good house-husband
the next afternoon, it was already time for prom and Clarke and Freya had been invited to a pregame although as you can see, its on that stupid ass lot in strangerville with the plane wreck
oh and then after they spent a couple hours chatting in the blazing heat, prom malfunctioned so they didn't even get to go together :(( boooooooooooooo
to somewhat salvage the evening, I sent the whole fam out to the local bowling arcade so that Clarke and Freya could still have a cute date
which they got down to right away, taking advantage of the fact that the roller rink was vacant
the rest of the fam spent some time together bowling, which they were pretty much miserably failing at LOL
Cas and Harvey also managed to sneak off to play some video games
annnnnnnd some other naughtier adult activities ;D
and a shocking amount of family members spawned into the joint. See if you spot em all in the pics above (psst, its Hannah and Byrd and Devante)
oh and Harvey bumped into this dude in the bathroom, Quinn Goth, who is apparently his half-brother??? I think they have the same mom or smth I'm not sure because the family tree was all messed up by some random culling by the game
back at home, the vibes were becoming excessively gooey....in the sense that the hallways were completely filled with this sentient, squelching, glowing goo
EEEEESH
Cas quickly became the self-appointed Head Goo Mopper but was fighting a rapidly losing battle
so the hallway just defaulted to a paranormal war zone of tripping
absolutely no sim was safe from the ankle-grabbing slime 🥴
bahahahahhahaha
this is fine...everything's fine LOL
but the scariest haunting of all was Cas walking outside and *gasp* catching his mom skinny-dipping !! He says he's traumatized, I say he should just be grateful Jax wasn't out there too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
meanwhile, Bryn was busy doing her best Poe imitation with her new pet raven who she named Corvin Bleu. He was absolutely dastardly and delighted in hearing all about her evil ghost plans
I was glad that she had another co-conspirator considering that her relationship with Clarke was at an all-time low. Since aging up, he got along just fine with the rest of the fam but every time I turn my back on these two, they were beefing
it wasn't long before Zayne, one of Cas' friends from high school also stopped by to visit the haunted house
oh...what a nice way to greet your friend Cas...
but no worries, I got Cas dressed properly and the two went inside to chat with Harvey
so surprise ! I guess it's time to let you guys know that Cas and Harvey are pretty open in their relationship lol and they were very interested in Zayne
you can't see it here, but Harvey literally had a thought bubble here about how hot he is
and well, who am I to stand in the way of my sims happiness ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
teehee ðŸ¤
don't let the pic fool you, Harvey was also in on the fun, its just that the mod I have installed doesn't actually change the base game animations, just adds them by teleporting haha
pretty soon, it was high summer which meant it was time for Summerfest. Our simmies had decided the holiday* was the perfect time to host a family union on the beach in Sulani
*Summerfest is a custom holiday in my game, basically just 4th of July LOL
lots of familiar and new faces showed up to celebrate
including many of the new infants, which everyone saw fit to abandon in the hot sun with no shade *facepalm*
(btw, one of them is Hunter Schaeffer, Hannah and Byrd's second child and the other two are Vivian and Graham Snow, Blythe's new twins with Connan !!)
the fam was having a marvelous time splashing around in the shore and getting the bonfire going when the sky seemed to turn weirdly dark
and before I knew it, a thunderstorm had overtaken the beach
which sure did put a damper on the party booooooooooo
pretty soon, every single sim on the beach was stuck running around in terrified circles since there was literally no inside cover from the storm
well minus Cas LOL, I guess he was pretty used to chaos at this point
thank you Byrd, at least one of you is attempting to save their offspring
AH A BURNT SIM, ok time to end the party since this storm doesn't seem to be clearing (yes I may be just a squidge traumatized by Bryn)
at the very least, we needed to set off some fireworks for Summerfest so I spent Jaxton panic-running back through the storm to attempt it
YAY for sims logic because the soaking wick lit perfectly and the entire family evacuated under the beautiful booms in the sky
Cas tried to make up for the lame day at the beach by hanging out by the pool for the rest of the day but Ravenwood's perpetually gloomy skies didn't exactly give it the right ambiance
later that night, a chill went through the house as something manifested in Briar's room
Bryn was already up doing weird ghost things and followed the intruder downstairs in the dark, equal parts cautious and intrigued. She couldn't help but feel like this ravishing ghost woman appearing had something to do with...her
Temperance headed straight for the seance room, starting a ritual for her unknown evil purposes
and Bryn followed right after her, brazenly interrupting the ritual and attempting to introduce herself
which went about as well as expected
so obviously the two were now mortal enem.....wait what?
oh got it, so apparently beating the crap out of each other actually made Temperance the hottest dead woman that Bryn had ever seen. I really shouldn't even be surprised at this point
no of course...makes sense...mmhmm
yeah they immediately rolled the unpredictable romance dynamic if you were wondering *eye-roll*
I'm not entirely sure how Bryn's new romance is going to mesh with Cas' ghost-hunting responsibilities but in the meantime, Temperance gives some killer back rubs
and speaking of Cas' work responsibilities, he was advancing super quick and is now taking on advanced investigations pretty much every time
*cue spooky lightning and thunder sound effects and an evil deep voice going mwahahahahahahahah*
he now excelled at destroying evil vines while looking super cool in sunglasses
relax ladies, he'll get to that ghost busting in a second but uh...is that pie ?
his workplace nemesis has also become this ghost named Temperance and they pretty much just trade-off on whether he wins the investigation or not
yanno its so weird, Cas thought he heard his auntie Bryn talking about a temperance she was dating the other day....hmm
anyways, because he was excelling at work, Cas was bringing home a bunch of fun new spooky goodies likeeeeeeeeeeee *clears throat*:
this very calming, totally-not-haunted Dahlia doll, a mysterious fast-growing pile of vines, and a jar of very normal uranium-colored glowing candies
mmmm yummy 🥴
that week's haul also included a happy spirit trapped in a bottle (which feels vaguely morally wrong LMAO but who am I to say)
a couple reaper gnomes
and a chalice filled with foaming neon liquid that smelled like cheese and battery acid which Cas IMMEDIATELY drank *sigh*
we really need to have a conversation with him about safety protocols and objects given to you by ghosts -_-
in an attempt to make the household a little more homey and a little less haunted, I got the gang some pets, starting with a fish tank in Casper and Harvey's room
and a bubulus named Boblin in Clarke's room
who absolutely adored him, for the record
other members of the household had...mixed reactions. What, are you guys like hamster purists or something ?
you might also be thinking wait, the household already has a pet? but Mr. Jack Skelly is pretty much inseparable from Jaxton who smothers him in love
Hey, I don't pay too much attention to the guy and he has no friends, let him have his cat ok
oh and if you're wondering why Briar is sporting a black eye, apparently she went off on some fackin bender??? must have something to do with basemental, I keep it in mostly for the drinking buffs and don't use too much else
Ah well, let's just put her to bed with some electrolytes and a trash can ig
and I have good news for any of you who have been thinking to yourselves, 'rockannie, there just really hasn't been enough chaos this chapter' because drum-roll please,
our maid has set herself on fire !
instead of literally anyone running to help her, they all saved themselves
I clickety-clicked real fast and directed Bryn over to save her but...buh bum bummmmm, it was too late...
aaaaaaaaaand I guess you'll have to meet me at chapter 11 to find out the fate of our maid because this one has come to a close. Don't hate me for the cliffhanger ;) !! xoxo, rockannie
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