The Sims 2: SimIGN, part 2

When we left our five simulacrums yesterday, they had managed to move up in the world in only a sim-week. They made progress along their career paths and even managed to make a few friends along the way without making too many enemies. Sure, Tom cried a few times and wet himself and Steve resorted to talking to a volleyball for stimulating conversation, but when all is said and done, the train to disaster seems to have been derailed for the time being.

When the second Monday began, Steve noticed quickly that there was no food left in the fridge and complained excessively about it. Calling the store requires handholding that bathroom breaks and sleeping don't usually, so I helped order a large delivery of food to keep the death count low. Miraculously, no one has died yet. A fire raged through the house the first day of occupancy, but sadly, no one became a pile of ash.

Steve, being the responsible guy that he is, greeted the delivery and brought it to the kitchen, setting it on the counter and walking away . Thankfully, trusty Jimmy came along and placed the food in the fridge, saving 400 bucks of spoilage in the process.

Now after that minor occurrence, I decided to plan ahead and help these sims down their career path with the purchase of more items that would help them on their way to success. Of course, the fact that the telescope I purchased might cause one of the five to be abducted by aliens didn't hurt either. , fascinated by all things science.

I also decided to help the guys striving towards getting their wants in life. While I'm keeping a hands-off attitude as far as necessities like going to the bathroom, showering, cleaning, sleeping, and so on, I nudged them here and there towards increasing skills to reach their goals. For instance, poor Tom was a mess. He hadn't been promoted, was having no luck with the ladies, and had already pissed himself. Not a good track record. So I sat his sorry ass in front of the mirror and had him practice romancing himself. After much kissy facing and sweet talking himself, I figured it was time to put his skills to the test and invited a victim over to begin seducing. See, his big goal is to get laid. It's called "WooHoo" in The Sims 2, but let's not mince words.

Once the little redhead Holly dropped by, Tom was all business. He moved on up and started schmoozing her up. With a little encouragement on my part, he began picking up speed with a little and suddenly had his first girl falling in love with him. It wasn't long before he was starting to get bold and . The cheeky bastard actually started . Sadly for Tom, it was late and Holly had to leave. Still, it was good practice and Tom would have more chances for victory later on.

The next day, the strangest thing happened. Tal, while standing unsuspecting in the kitchen, was suddenly assaulted by some dude named Vicund that ran in off the street. . Now, I'm all for that, but I'm also a strong believer in the art of revenge. Unfortunately, Vicund was on his way out and I couldn't get Tal to fight back. Tal cried. He is a weak kitten. The stupid thing was, this kept happening throughout the week. Vicund would run in attacking different people each time before retreating. . Each time he left before I could exact my revenge on his aggressive ass.

Later on in the week, I accidentally found out why this Vicund guy had gotten so pissed. While watching Tal play around on the telescope, I noticed that instead of being pointed at the sky, it was pointed straight across the landscape, directly into someone's yard. Tal's thoughts showed he saw bushes, a hot tub, and then Vicund's face appeared! These creepy idiots had been spying on the guy. Frankly, I'm not surprised.