Sita wrote:

Very nice tale, Dave. enjoyed it.

Thanks much! It took me forever to get around to posting this part of the saga; but once I had I got interested in George again and played him for awhile and now I have yet more stuff to take forever to post! *8)

Sneak preview: With George's help, my Mr. Big and The Diva are now engaged and living happily together in a nice posh house downtown.

And then there's Jen's twin sister Jan who's moved into Habitation Hall (see Castor Nova's story), and Justin Danvers and Olivia Langerak prospering in the old Raptor place off-campus, and and and...

George, the Diva, and Mr. Big
1/6

George got back from the final final of his senior year at the same time that Gabriel got back from his own Sophomore or something final (which he'd attended in his underdrawers).


A congratulatory hug
George graduated Summa in Political Science I think it was.

After one last campus Dream Date with Sheila...


Still wondering what role she'll play in his future

...he got up and called the taxi.


No party for George.
He doesn't know all that many people; too busy studying.

"You've just graduated from SSU, George! Now what are you going to do?"


"I'm going bowling!"
Love his adult clothes. Very compatible with his Hall of Famer LTW, too. (Somehow it looks like he's about to grab Jen and kiss her goodbye, but really it's all just innocent waving.)


Back to the neighborhood.
The traditional shot.

George, the Diva, and Mr. Big
2/6: The Hovel

All by itself at the end of the ridge road above Neighborhood One stands an old hovel, long abandoned and recently fixed up (a bit) by an upstart realty company.


All by itself.
That's the realtor's pickup; she's inside scrubbing some of the mold off the walls.

Admittedly, it has a great view.


At least on clear days.
Lookit all the plumb-bobs! The Neighborhood's been growing.

Just out of SSU, with no family or other connections beyond dorm-mates and people he met in his teenage cashiering years, and with minimal savings, George figured it'd be a frugal first house.


Just until the money starts rolling in.
George is Fortune.


The view was somewhat disappointing.
Darn lying Real Estate brochure! Turns out there ARE no clear days up here on the ridge...

And the interior left a bit to be desired.


"Hm, filthy refrigerator, plants growing out of the walls..."
(The latter because I accidentally put a tree too close to the house; I really like the effect, though!)

But it's just temporary, George is sure...

George, the Diva, and Mr. Big
3/6: Company

As it turned out, the ridge road isn't all that far from town, and George had more guests than he'd expected.


An afternoon party.
That's Sheila, of course, and I think Toby somebody from college, and Madeleine Phillips the neighborhood Diva talking about some great date.


George particularly enjoyed Madeleine's company.
George had quite a high relationship with Madeleine for no reason that I'm aware of; maybe he just randomly came that way, or maybe she was a customer in his teen years.


A fond farewall.
Another of those scenic but innocent kisses that people with lightning-bolts for each other do on parting, that don't count as romantic despite how much fun they look.


Yet another party.
Townies, dormies, everybody! That's good old voluptuous Jane Stacks rocking out stage right.

And there was always Sheila.


He loved their dates, and she liked having an off-campus lover.
He tries not to think about what she might be doing back at her dorm.

George, the Diva, and Mr. Big
4/6: Madeleine stops in

More random snapshots from life.


George at play: The Crypt o' Night Club.
Carla (who the attentive reader may recall from Castor Nova's story) approves of George. George has not yet taken active advantage of the fact.


George at work: Assistant Coach of the Bowling Team.
Man, college graduates have it SO easy!

One day Madeleine Phillips stopped by.

"Can I hang around here for awhile, George? I need a nice quiet place to, um, meet someone."


"Sure, stay as long as you want!"
Woo! The Diva has a bit over 70,000 Simoleans to her name. The Hovel is (temporarily) rich. And Madeleine has her plumb-bob.

Madeleine went right to the phone.


Calling Mr. Big.
The Gods smiled on my plot here: in fact Mr. Big called her about ten seconds after she moved in, so I could get this image.

A little while later, a slickly-dressed character showed up, and began primping out by the curb.


"What a man!"
The attentive reader will also recall from previous episodes that these two have a history, even as noncontrollables.

George, the Diva, and Mr. Big
5/6: Coming and going

Madeleine's wealthy grouchy heart was all aflutter. She knew he was interested, that they were as compatible as could be (three bolts for each other, in fact!), but still; it was utterly unlike, say, buying a pair of shoes.

"Komei, darling, would you consider..."

"Consider...?"

"You know 107 Custer Boulevard?"

"Oh, yes, lovely place. I hear it's on the market."

"I put in an offer on it this morning --"

"Ooh, congratulations!"

"-- and I thought, it's awfully large, and maybe if you're as tired of the hotel as I am..."


"Why, it would be an honor, my dear!"
Komei brings in exactly as much as Madeleine did; the Hovel is now worth over 140K. But not for long...

Madeleine and Komei were grateful for George's hosting of their happy union, but they didn't plan to leave him all their lovely assets when they headed back Downtown together.


So we did a bit of object-shuffling.
One of the nicest things about Inventories is that you can transfer wealth around with them. So at 6K per statue, 22 statues just about does the trick. Onto the back lawn, and then into Madeleine and Komei's pockets. (The hot-tub was dropped off sometime earlier by Sheila after a Dream Date; as we've noted before she must have rich parents.)


Madeleine schedules the closing on the new house.
And George tells a questionable joke.

And the new couple were off.


"Glad you could stop by!"
They left George about 10,000 Simoleans worth of roundoff error; I wouldn't mind having obscenely wealthy friends like that myself.

George, the Diva, and Mr. Big
6/6: Back Downtown

On the way to the closing, Madeleine and Komei stopped in the park for a toast.


"To us and our good fortune."
This is the Downtown equivalent of the Bus Stop. They pulled all of those statues out of their pockets and sold them to a passing collector.


So this is love.
They started out with a heavy crush, and they've been working up to this all day. Aren't they cute?

The closing was uneventful (involving just half a dozen mouse clicks), and the couple immediately took possession.


107 Custer Boulevard
A nicely-designed standard Maxis Downtown lot. And they have lots of cash left to gussy it up.


Nice interior. Needs some wallpaper and carpets, a little art...
And they both have career-based LTWs, so they're going to need lots of them Thinking Caps.


"I think we're going to be very happy here."

Awwww!

Considerably more than that has happened, but that's enough posting for one night...

Oh boy! More plumbobs!

dmchess wrote:

George got back from the final final of his senior year at the same time that Gabriel got back from his own Sophomore or something final (which he'd attended in his underdrawers).

Just yesterday I was wishing for another Ingelogical-kinda thing: a bedroom door. Inge made a homecoming door where sims entering the house always switched to their normal cloths, and sims exiting the house will switch to normal if they're in their underwear or whatever.

I'd like to take that a step farther and have sims exiting a bedroom or dorm room put on normal clothes if they're in their undies or jammies. It's kinda cute in the game but running around and entertaining guests in your underwear is not something I have ever witnessed in real life, unless it was a very special social situation at home and certainly never in the dorm!

I could swear Inge had a set of those doors... Or maybe I'm having a brain fart...

Greg, maybe this will help you:

http://www.insimenator.net/showthread.php?t=12126

or this:

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=129124

DC: Where did you get the grungy-looking fridge? I may be in need of some shabby-looking objects for a story sometime!

Greg wrote:

Oh boy! More plumbobs!

Sixty-five at last count! (That's counting SSU and Downtown, so not all are represented in that view from the ridge...) And about half of them Maxis-generated. (In fact the last few stories I've posted haven't involved many characters with much CAS or import blood in their veins; hm!)

Greg wrote:

It's kinda cute in the game but running around and entertaining guests in your underwear is not something I have ever witnessed in real life, unless it was a very special social situation at home and certainly never in the dorm!

More in the dorm than otherwise, in my experience; but your RL may vary. *8) I like how Sims do odd stuff like that; gives the world character. On the other hand if you're looking for a closer fit to how humans do things, that's a whole nother set of criteria...

lunahskye wrote:

DC: Where did you get the grungy-looking fridge?

Standard Uni very-cheap fridge, I think. Uni has a nice (if not big enough) selection of cheap and worn-looking stuff. (I like the comfily threadbare couches too).

That "Smart Door" by tunaisafish just might be what I was talking about! I'll give it a try!

Greg wrote:

That "Smart Door" by tunaisafish just might be what I was talking about! I'll give it a try!

Always glad to be of any help!

(You know, you seem to be getting more Simming than business accomplished, unless I'm mistaken and you haven't left yet...)

dmchess wrote:

lunahskye wrote: DC: Where did you get the grungy-looking fridge? Standard Uni very-cheap fridge, I think. Uni has a nice (if not big enough) selection of cheap and worn-looking stuff. (I like the comfily threadbare couches too).

Maxis undersupplies things so you'll make your own and want to share so you'll start a site and perpetuate the whole cycle.

lunahskye wrote:

Greg wrote: That "Smart Door" by tunaisafish just might be what I was talking about! I'll give it a try! Always glad to be of any help! (You know, you seem to be getting more Simming than business accomplished, unless I'm mistaken and you haven't left yet...)

He works for the government... hurry up and wait... go out of town and sit in a hotel room until we decide to talk to you...