Alright. So, since much time has been since my hard drive of old went plooie, I decided I would transplant our misbegotten little household into the much more normal neighborhood of Pleasantview.
This also means that I'm off the "waiting list," since I already exist in this neighborhood. In fact, I've existed in this neighborhood for quite a while, so I shall henceforth be called Old Man Zeor. That's my place at the top of the screenshot there.
First contact has already occurred elsewhere -- Papasurf wandered at random by my house one day, but he left before I could get anybody out to greet him, and a couple of you were present when I sent Old Man Zeor out to get some clothes.
Geologist was there, keeping himself pretty well entertained.
And Demonic had the misfortune to actually encounter Old Man Me directly. His expression says it all.
But, that isn't quite what our thread is about. So, without further a...damn it.
Day 10 - part 1
As you've probably already noticed, I was able to add DrivenUnder to the project, such as she is. With generic face. And, as requested, beanie.
AND HER LITTLE DOG, TOO. Since none of you volunteered with ideas on breeds or names of dogs, but I still wanted to add the pet axis to the equation anyway, I tossed in a bonus chihuahua, since DrivenUnder has one in her avatar. I also went ahead and named him Ren, after the one and only asthma-hound.
Here's a little quirk of the game for you. Whenver you apply any sort of update to it, be it patch or expansion pack, everybody is always standing around like an extremely convincing wax sculpture next time you load any given household.
Stand.
Stand.
Stand. Stand. Stand.
Stand.
Fortunately, the carpool noticed the rift in time and space and makes a second pass to get Papasurf and Chakra (You're still Chakra in this thread) again.
Unfortunately, DrivenUnder takes this opportunity to wave her hand around at the dog right in front of the car, completely blocking access thereto.
Mmmmmmmmmwhoops.
Oh well, at least missing the first carpool is a bonding experience.
Dascoo, Geologist and Demonic aren't up to anything especially interesting.
Upstairs, however, seems to have become almost a hermitage for Stalky. First it was a one-man chess marathon, and now he's having a crack at the Mona Lisa.
Papasurf wants to welcome DrivenUnder to the home (by tickling her), but she's only got eyes for the dog. She's been doing this for some time now.
And
that, Demonic, is why
you should
recycle.
OIL
Daylight now, and DrivenUnder still only wants anything to do with that dog.
Finally, this is broken up, and...
Figures.
Turns out he's been carrying a big stick around in his back pocket this whole time for exactly this occasion.
Little dude moves like a bat out of hell, too.
DONTCHA WISH YOUR GIRLFRIEND WAS HOT LIKE ME
No.
Isn't this nice?
Ren finds his way inside and howls at the TV. Maybe he hates the sound, or maybe he's cheering on Chakra. Who knows? I don't.
Speaking of Chakra, that deserves a solo shot. And just think -- he could've been working.
Well, it
is for the dog.
The dog couldn't ask for a better houseful of people to bum attention off of. Amazingly, Dascoo even decided to fill his food dish. Looks like he'll be surviving for more than a day after all.
DrivenUnder keeps tradition alive by putting something in the toaster oven and completely forgetting about it.
The house burning down, after all, is a small price to pay for such an opportunity to bother Papasurf.
To the abject disappointment of our live studio audience, Demonic steps in and saves the day.
Man, these guys sure took that whole "starving kids in Africa" line to heart.
Poochie spots... an INTRUDER!
And nobody cared.
Stalky finishes up his painting, entitled "The Color Red Sits on the Color Yellow."
Since it was clearly painstaking, we'll display it here in the computer room.
He then uses the restroom, and then... SING US A SONG; YOU'RE THE PIANO MAN
That brings us up to noon in game time and way too friggin' late in real time, so I'll have to make day 10 in two installments. I'll probably get the second half up tomorrow.
