Sims 4 Playthrough: Realm of Magic Part 2

 I don't sell any of Dusty's things, but I do put them in the inventory. His bowls, his bed. I also tuck his grave in the inventory too, since I do plan to move to Mt. Komorebi when I'm finished in Glimmerbrook.

There are bigger lots in Mt. Komorebi anyway. I can build a spacious house with a spacious backyard and a spacious greenhouse. I'm literally running out of room in the current greenhouse!

A neighbor stops by and gives me a specially crafted violin. Holy crap, that's lovely! I head over to the Magic Realm to train/practice magic and win duels. I've only won one and I need to get three victories to get to the next step of my ambition.

And, you know, I need to level up to an 'adept' from an 'acolyte'.

Best spellcaster 10 out of 10

I manage to end up in the 'overcharged' state after becoming an acolyte, although I still need to win one more duel. For now, I head back home.

While I wait for my charge to drop, I do a gig for my freelancing career, and get a call that someone else has died. Everyone I knew in Strangerville is gone, and now the people I met from Sulani are dying, too. On top of losing Dusty...

It's sad. This is the true curse of immortality, losing people you care about. But, I do plan to let Cassidy age once we start looking for a partner. After all, 'superparent' is an ambition, and I need to be an adult - not just a young adult - for that.

I finally complete the stage of the aspiration with another victorious duel, and now I just need to reach rank five because I already know ten spells.

Time to experiment with potions, that gets me lots of magical experience!

Once I get charged, I head home to do other things, planning to practice magic whenever I have low enough charge.

We get a visit from Dusty! I invite him to my household as a ghost dog, and then bind him as my familiar again. I may, eventually, need to let him go in favor of a living dog - or my kids can just become familiar with a ghost dog. Decisions, decisions...

Either way, Dusty's back! :D

I practice some magic, then buy a cauldron (which I should have done way sooner...) and practice my brewing skills. And then practice some magic some more. Infinite magical practice.

I also start putting things in household storage, since I'm close to completing this ambition. Soon(tm). I also notice that Dusty needs to be fed and walked as if he was alive.

Cool, cool. Ghost dog is a permanent member, all the benefits and negatives of a living dog except Dusty can't die or get sick xD

New Year's Eve happens so I start putting stuff up for that. I also make a resolution to complete the current milestone of my aspiration. And then I dance.

Once it hits 11:30 PM, I watch the TV for the countdown. And, bam: New Year's Eve, done and dusted.

After New Year's Eve, I hit level four on my spells and get 'dedeathify'.

....

I can bring Dusty back to life.

...Except I can't. I don't have the option, and a quick Google tells me it doesn't work on pets. Well, that's super lame! Darnit :(

I go ahead and invite a spellcaster friend over. Let's see what we can do here... Since it's also the first of spring, it's prank day, so I go ahead and do a couple of mischievous socials as well.

I feel like this would get me in trouble...

I manage to make it to the next stage in terms of magic, and spring happens.

I head back to the magical realm and learn every single spell in practical and untamed magic, including the 'ultimate' spells - 'duplicato' and the 'rite of ascension'. The rite of ascension will actually be SUPER nice for whoever I end up marrying!

I go ahead and read a book while I wait for my spellcaster charge to go down. Once it's down - I experiment with potionmaking and ultimately... bite the bullet. Time to learn mischief magic too I guess!

I end up learning about a potion of immortality. Which. HM. Would have been useful when Dusty was still alive...? Then again, if spells don't work on pets, potions probably don't either.

Some experimenting and ingredients collecting, along with some potions of good fortune, gets me a lot of ingredients and the experience I need to become a virtuoso and thus, complete the ambition!

I select the 'soulmate' ambition. Next you'll see me, I'll be preparing for love and for family.

Love and Family

Sims 4 Playthrough: Realm of Magic Part 1

 The part I have been waiting for, longing for, HOPING for... It's time. It's time to

become a spellcaster.

I am so excited. You can tell because I did the fancy font and things.

Now then. I know that the magical portal is somewhere in the Glimmerbrook neighborhood, so first thing's first: I take Dusty for a walk.

I don't find the portal while walking Dusty, so I just find it scrolling around town and go through it, leaving Dusty at home. Now I need to find a sage.

I find one quickly and perform a 'respectful' introduction right off the bat. I want to make a good impression, after all. 'Sage of Untamed Magic' Morgyn Ember.

I have to collect seven magic motes and turn them in.

Behind me, a duel occurs.

Right away, I ask to learn a spell from untamed magic. I'm going to ignore mischief magic, but the other two sound up my alley - and untamed especially sounds something like Cassidy would do, considering everything she gets up to.

I then ask for a potion recipe, and the sage from practical magic is here too so I introduce myself to him and then ask him for a spell and a recipe.

Once done with all that, I search for tomes and find nothing, then wander off to castle alley to explore the magical realm. The Harry Potter inspiration is Real.

There, I buy a wand, a tome, a familiar, and a broom. Heeck yes. Magical things! I choose a bunnerfly for my familiar and a natural wand for my wand. I accidentally bought tomes of a too-high level, so returning from caster's alley I head out to the gardens. I gather some ingredients and then go fishing.

There's a new untamed magic sage in the building, so after I finish fishing I go ahead and introduce myself to her. For some reason, I can't ask her for a spell despite being a different person than before, so I ask her for magical training instead. After that, I duel someone for knowledge in hopes of learning a third spell and going onto the next stage of my ambition. Well, I also have to become an acolyte, which the knowledge duel should... still help with. And then I can read the tomes I just bought, too!

So far, so good

Unfortunately, in the end I lose. I guess I just have to practice more. Let's earn that XP!

I head back home and start practing. Thanks to Lifestyles, Cassidy gets a +5 uncomfortable moodlet, but it goes away when I go home thanks to her jogging. Bah. I want to get rid of that lifestyle. I also set up the familiar orb and bind the familiar to me.

Meet Aetherum, the red and black flying bunny in the back there.

I also notice I can bind Dusty as a familiar. OMG. Would this prevent him from dying? Of course I do that. Come on, give me my eternal Dusty...

He's bound as a familiar, though I'm not sure what all that entails. After some more practicing and doing other things, I get summoned for a duel at the dueling grounds over my phone. Nice! Night on the Town happens so I go to visit the Glimmerbrook bar and buy something.

I get invited to another duel.

Another victory.

After that, I get some training while I'm here in the magic realm, and become an acolyte. Yaaay.

Asking both sages for another spell gets me to the five spells I need for this level of the ambition. I need to also become an adept and win three duels against other spellcasters. I can wait for them to invite me to duels, that's cool :P

I visit caster's alley to see about more tomes, and find a dragon familiar (squee!) and a sixam owl. I go ahead and buy those in addition to my bunnerfly, because obviously.

There's also an astral wand, and I like that more than the natural wand, so... new wand it is!

I also max painting skill as I try desperately to capture a good image of Dusty to paint and immortalize him. Painting by reference is hard to make work, man.

Winterfest starts so I make sure I'm prepared for Father Christmas and that everything else is ready. I also invite a bunch of people to the house to eat the Grand Meal I need to cook. Happy holidays ONLY! xD

One of my Sulani friends also dies. Which. Sad. :(

I end up missing Father Winter and for some reason the Grand Meal doesn't work, but I complete three traditions so hopefully Cassidy at least doesn't get a NEGATIVE moodlet from it. PLUS, I did the tradition she loves. We'll see.

Luckily, Winterfest DOES end up with a success! Yay!

At 7:30 AM, the day after Winterfest, Dusty... dies.

Beloved Pet. Beloved Friend. My family, who I wish was still here.

Since Dusty died, he can't be my familiar either. Sad. I am very upset. :(

I'm going to end this part here. In part two, we continue to explore magic.

I miss Dusty :(

The best boy.

Sims 4 Playthrough: Snowy Escape Part 3

 So.

I need to reach level three rock climbing skill, complete a hiking trail, actively ski, snowboard, or rock climb for three hours, and encounter a kodama or forest spirit.

Sounds like I should hike until I reach a place where I can rock climb? Let's see what I can do! It's freezing but I'm ice proof and in winter gear, and the weather is clear.

Or there's a climbing wall just... right over here.

I equip the climbing gear and then start practicing my rock climbing ability. It boosts fun, so... I can basically do this forever.

Or until Dusty gets hungry.

I've reached level two by the time I've done it for three hours. I decide to go for a hike by myself since it's too cold for Dusty, so at least I can get that out of the way. And maybe the forest spirit or kodama, too. I decide to head to the natural cove. Let's see what we can see!

So. Damn. Pretty.

There was a wildlife encounter while hiking, and of course Cassidy handled it like a pro. She's well-prepared and has high athletics from her time in Salvadorado.

On my way back down, I spot the forest spirits and complete that stage. Then I climb the wall until I achieve level three climbing skill.

The next level has me skiing or snowboarding at 'high intensity' on an intermediate slope, successfully reach the peak of Mt Komorebi, and endure an injury from skiing, snowboarding, or rock climbing.

That last one may be a problem. My luck has been high. My athletics skill is good. Maybe... I can jump to an intermediate slope before I practice on the bunny hill.

...

Let's try it!

And it looks like I need level three first. Ah well. At least I can do the easy slope. I decide to focus on skiing, though I definitely want to get snowboarding skill too.

While training up to level three, I get injured. Never thought I'd be so happy to be hurt! Once I hit level three, I give Cassidy a break.

A bad storm chases me inside before level three, so I head home to cuddle and play with Dusty. I don't know how much longer he'll live, even though I've set lifespans to the longest they can be.

After I love on Dusty some, I grab a quick gig from Cassidy's career. She has a whim to write a mystery novel, there's a gig that requires that, so Houston, we have liftoff.

After the gig, I notice Dusty is sick. Time to take him to the vet. Gosh, I hate that he's an elderly dog now. I don't mind caring for him, I don't mind that I have to be careful, I don't mind the sickness. I just mind what I KNOW is coming!

Once I submit the gig, I level up my freelancing career. Nice! Now to just wait for the thundersnow to go away, so I can skii some more... I have an ambition to complete, here!

Snowing, but not THUNDERsnowing

I reach level three, aannndd... I can't ski on the intermediate slope with high intensity yet. Gosh darn it. I decide to try and do some research on the computer next time thundersnow chases me inside.

I reach level 4 before any. thundersnow and ski just once down the intermediate slope with high intensity. Now for the hardest part of this level: climbing Mt. Komorebi.

I go home to recoup and take care of Dusty. I have my climbing gear, I have basic skills... The only thing left is figuring out, uh, how to get to the top.

...Looks like I need to do an excursion, and apparently, I need a friend. Yaaay... I also need at least level six rock climbing skill.

I am so sorry, Cassidy. Infinite rock climbing for you.

Rock climbing is interrupted by the arrival of HarvestFest. Well, it's Gnome Appeasement Time. I grab a quick guide to make sure I do not accidentally anger any gnomes.

After my first appeasement, I make a tofurkey grand meal and invite some friends over. More gnome appeasing, then I shove them all in my inventory and sell them. I also grab the seed packets, but those I keep. Cassidy does have a garden going on and all.

Chatting and eating finishes the party off, and then I just let people hang out until it comes to its natural end. And then I ignore the gnomes and wander off to do more Infinite Rock Climbing.

Climb, Cassie, CLIMB!

During the Eternal Rock Climbing, I reach max fitness skill. Cool. Harvestfest also ends up being successful, which: double cool. It ends up turning into winter (instead of being fall the whole time despite me CALLING it winter) while Cassidy is doing her Infinite Rock Climbing.

Once I reach level six, I decide to check the weather. The conditions are 'icy', but screw it. I start a Mt. Komorebi expedition and invite Samanta. I just... cheat her skill to level six. Shhh.

I spent two hours on that building that I will never see again

Snow angel time.

It was shockingly easy to climb up the mountain, so I didn't get any pictures of climbing shots because I thought 'oh there's going to be another part'.

The final level of this ambition requires me to survive three wildlife attacks, achieve level 8 skiing, snowboarding, or rock climbing skill, and successfully complete a high intensity skiing/snowboarding on the expert course in inclement weather OR do a successful rock climb in inclement weather.

I head back to the lodging and prepare myself to resume Eternal Rock Climbing. It never ends.

Rebate Day happens and I just immediately end the holiday. I'm on vacation. Even if I did the freebuild stuff, it would not count. I also extend the vacation by like three days so that I can get everything done I want to. I mean, I'm coming back to Mt Komorebi to live (despite how long I spent on my Glimmerbrook house, RIP me), but not until Cassidy's a spellcaster.

Once she reaches level eight, it's time to begin the Infinite Hiking in hopes of running into wildlife. Yaaay.

I made sure to take Dusty for a couple of hikes.

Hiking around without Dusty I run into a whole bunch of wildlife. Now all that's left is to do the things in inclement weather. I decide to go skiing until I max the skill, then I'll start training snowboarding.

And, while skiing... I complete the aspiration! I'm going to keep practicing until my vacation ends, skiing and then snowboarding (if I max it before the vacation ends), and next time I see you I'll be seeing you as I begin my journey to become a spellcaster!

Realm of Magic

Sims 4 Playthrough: Snowy Escape Part 2

 The easiest thing to start with is by changing my utensil preference to chopsticks and then eating some takoyaki, so I do that and buy some vanilla takoyaki.

I took Japanese for six years although I am not fluent by any means. I had some trouble learning and no-one to really practice with, but the class made me fall in love with the culture. My fiance and I plan to honeymoon in Japan after we have our official (and not just legal) marriage.

Of course, Cassidy eats the food with her hands. Ah well, maybe outside of the festival.

The joys of being a global superstar: YOU'RE NEVER LEFT ALONE

I'm able to change into my cold-weather outfit and use the vending machine I bought the kimono at to put it back on, and that does that! Excellent. I buy one more Simmi capsule and it, of course, gets stuck. I shake the machine....

Nothing bad happens. I open it and get the same Simmi I got before (Ol Gabby), sell the duplicate, and then escape the throng of my fans. plz halp.

When I get home, I go sledding on the bunny slope once, then find Dusty to do some dog care. I make sure he pees and has a full bowl of food, then I head off to the hot springs in the neighborhood. Time to soak and BE WARM!

God, I wish that were me...

Cassidy is a global superstar and the guy sitting next to her is a rising star, so of course, there's some paparazzi taking pictures. There is no escape.

I also, with my constantly-full hygiene, climb into the hot springs without taking a shower or a bath and get an 'embarrassed' moodlet. Woops... I climb out, take a shower, and then return. MY BAD GUYS....

The paparazzi also follows me and takes pictures of me showering. I'm in my swimsuit, but still. That's just... eurgh. I feel so sorry for celebrities, paparazzi suck. This also gives me another embarrassed moodlet. Thankfully, my happiness is high enough to overpower the embarrassment. I do not want to become very embarrassed. Cassidy does not die until I say she can, damnit!

Me too, lady. Me too.

I have no idea how long a 'long time' is, so I prepare to be here for a while and hope Dusty does just fine without me.

I get a 'lost in the warmth' moodlet, but when I hover over the goal I need 'complete relaxation'. So. We continue!

Once it hits, the goal automatically completes. The woman is still asleep, which is sad because I wanted to talk to her but I don't want to wake her up. Once I'm done, I hop out and change into my cold weather clothing before going sledding again. Then I head back to the lodging.

At the lodging, I make a meal of ramen and hope I use chopsticks. At least I know I won't get a negative moodlet from it like food that I DON'T make. Level 10 cooking skill.

We have success!

Once I eat, I sled one more time on the bunny slope.

Oh, God. The next level involves finding forest spirits. This is suffering. I also need to socialize at the onsen bathhouse and 'take it slow and become emotionally mindful'.

I became emotionally mindful randomly during University. So I've got this, right? I just need to do something relaxing. And then socialize at the bathhouse.

The forest spirit, the nature spirit, that's what's catching me. I need to hike. Well. Let's head to the bathhouse and see what we can do, then?

At the bathhouse, I buy some adventuring gear at the vending machine before heading into the bathhouse and talking to people.

I buy three of each wilderness-related item, a snowboard, and a pair of skis. Then I take a shower before hopping into the hot springs and chatting with whoever is there.

I decide to take the opportunity to flirt and start off with an 'enchanting' introduction.

...He happens to be married. I backpedal back into social and 'ask to just be friends', chat with him a bit, and then decide to try and relax or something in the hot springs to get that 'emotionally mindful' buff.

Oh, look who's back - asshole paparazzi

I head out now to the Senbamachi neighborhood and I take Dusty with me. TECHNICALLY, it's still fall, so it should be warm enough that he can go on the hike with me no problem. I'm going to be taking an easy hike anyway.

I decide to head to the mountain shrine with Dusty and hope that I run into a forest spirit. I'll need to do the meditative walk separately.

Dusty and I make it to the shrine, although I did not see any forest spirits. I 'view' the shrine and hope to get that 'emotionally mindful' buff.

It does not work. I head off to the bamboo forest next. Let's goooo.

And here are the spirits!

I attempt to catch one and it is not happy with me. Duly noted. Wishes, not capture.

...Look, I ignore the rules I usually apply to the supernatural (such as yokai, spirits, fae, etc) in the Sims because the Sims has weird rules.

I ask Dusty what's wrong and he DESPERATELY wants to play, so play we do! He's happy after a brief session, so I leash him up and hope that lets me take him on the 'meditative walk' that will, if all things go well, give me the 'emotionally mindful' trait.

Also, I sign a kid's autograph because they're adorable.

Fireflies! The good kind!

I am in love with the Snowy Escape DLC. In. Frikken. Love.

I run into this as well, but I can't click it and don't know what to do. Pretty though, isn't it?

After the walk, there's no 'emotional mindfulness' moodlet. I give Dusty a big treat and try once more, partially hoping to find some spirits again and wish on them instead of trying to catch them.

Mostly I just want the mindfulness buff.

I get it! The aspiration is COMPLETE. But I am not done with Snowy Escape, not by a long shot. It's time for the 'extreme sports' aspiration. I also go ahead and buy the 'iceproof' trait since I have enough satisfaction points for it.

The goals for level one of this aspiration are to go down the bunny slope, purchase a deterrent or remedy, and use an info board. Easy-peasy.

I take Dusty and me back to the lodging and do all three of those things in one fell swoop. Next part? We're starting level two of the aspiration.

Part Three

Sims 4 Playthrough: Snowy Escape Part 1

 

This part of my Sims journey starts off great. Dusty ages up to an elder. I do not want Dusty to die. I do not like this.

Samanta leaves the house on good terms with Cassidy, which is nice. First, I go into world edit and build a vacation place to my exacting tastes in Mount Komorebi. What? I am a person with STANDARDS!

Once the lot is set up - I just edited a pre-existing one to have a pet bed and other pet stuff - I take Dusty and start a vacation to this world.

Once I'm in Mt Komorebi, I also go ahead and plan some new outfits. I need some really sturdy winter stuff, since I'll be vacationing in the winter mountain world WHILE IT'S WINTER!

Much warmer

My goals seem to be fairly simple. I want to eat food at one of Mt. Komorebi's festivals, take a photo with the mascot, pop open a Simmi capsule (???), and swim in the Wakaba river.

Well, let's go freeze our butts off for at least an hour by swimming! C'mon, Dusty, time for FUN! (actually, probably just cold). Unfortunately, I do not have enough satisfaction points to buy the Iceproof trait. That's officially next on my list.

...I actually forget to select Dusty to travel with me. -facepalm- Well, I suppose it's fine, he gets to be nice and cozy.

I go ahead and dive into the river. One 'swim around' covers it. There's a board nearby which tells me the next festival is the Festival of Light on Friday.

I change into some warmer clothes after my swim and go hunt down the mascot.

I find the statue, but unfortunately, I need Yamachan themself to complete the wish. Alas. At least my Simstagram followers will be happy...?

Looks like I'm waiting until Friday - it'll get me everything I need. I head home back to Dusty to spend time with my aging pup and do a couple of gigs for my freelancing career. I go ahead and give Dusty a bath after some attention to make sure he's nice and clean and handsome, for anyone else who may be renting the other rooms here.

I also get a playful moodlet from wearing shoes in the house. Woops! So after I bathe Dusty I go ahead and take them off before I get started on those gigs.

Dusty snoozes while I work

I am filled with sass.

This scene is really familiar. My mom is a writer. We have two dogs (and two cats), and they like to lay at her feet when she is writing or editing on her computer.

I drink a flirty celebuserum too, just to get rid of it, and then do things to boost my fun need.

Dusty needs to pee, so I take him on a nice, long, rambling walk.

Except this is the Sims so we never actually go on a walk, because why in the world would the SIMS be functional? Hahaha, silly.

My sim refuses to move when the dog is leashed, Dusty keeps going to sleep despite needing to pee, but I see Yamachan so I'm just going to... take a selfie with the mascot and bang my head on the wall because Sims is broken and requires at least eight mods to be even functional. Truly, fuck EA, the money-grabbing assholes.

Who is the bigger star - Cassidy or Yamachan?

After closing the game to install a couple of bug-fixing mods, we get back and I finally am able to take Dusty on a walk. He produces a big old smelly poo and also pees.

The environment is gorgeous and Dusty and Cassie both have a lot of fun. It's the early early EARLY morning on Thursday, so I decide now is as good a time as any to do some more writing. This time, however, I write my own novel. I also write a song on my guitar. Gonna license them for some sweet, sweet cash over the next week or so.

A TV season premiere occurs while I'm in the middle of writing stuff, so I take a break to participate in that.

...Except I didn't buy a TV. So I enable cheats to let me plop one in the place. Woopsadaisies.

Tiny TV is tiny.

Once I'm done watching the premiere, I'm confident from writing my song lyrics so I go ahead and write a motivational book. I also notice the distinct lack of a mailbox on the lot, at least any mailbox that I can see. Hm. Rental lot quirk?

Something wholesome for you.

Still on a confidence high and in the midst of Thursday afternoon, I take on one more gig before the festival of lights.

Once I do the gig, I get a whim to watch some TV, so watch some TV it is.

I get a whim to build a snowpal, too, so I go ahead and do that.

That Snowpal is... more than a little creepy.

And then a fire breaks out from the unattended space heater I've left on!

I don't end up getting a picture because there were routing issues I had to contend with, but the two firefighters that arrive do nothing while Cassidy puts out the fire before it gets too severe. I then turn off the space heater and decide that I'm just going to wear the cold-weather outfits inside, okay, that was dangerous and they impact the eco-footprint.

I do, however, get a picture of the firefighters dancing in my hallway for some strange reason.

TV Premiere Holiday goes without a hitch, and then I take Dusty for a long walk around Mount Komorebi.

So pretty...

Oh no...

Unfortunately, a long walk turns out to be too long for Dusty, because he ends up getting sick! I should have paid more attention to the temperature. Luckily, I can rush him over to the vet's office without ending the vacation early.

I cure his Winterfest fever, then take him back to the rental. I need some way to heat the place up... I know! Temperature controls from Seasons!

Now, at least, it'll be nice and toasty inside and we'll just avoid taking him on any long walks. He's an old dog anyway, long walks may be a little much.

By the time everything is done and over with, it's 5 PM Friday, which means the festival of lights is VERY SOON. I freshen up to waste the time until it's, uh, time. I also leave Dusty at home because it is cold-cold-COLD outside.

I also find the mailbox (I'm a little blind) and license my lyrics and submit the book to a literary digest.

When I get to the Festival of Lights, I immediately order some edamame. Which I personally love in real life! Cassidy, being the diva she is, doesn't like it because it's normal quality. Ah well. I buy a Simmi capsule and pop it open, and thus complete the first stage of my ambition.

The next step involves soaking in a hot spring for a long time, eating food with chopsticks, wear a festival costume from a vending machine (I am doing that, why are you not enabled?), and sled three times. In part two, we continue!

Part Two

Sims 4 Playthrough: Journey to Batuu Part 3

 I can't quite get the 'daring rescue', the next story mission, so I go ahead and do other missions.

Look. They're really boring. It's the same thing ad infinitum. Journey to Batuu is not a game pack I recommend, that's all I'll say.

One of them is kind of fun I guess. I have to help Batuu citizens, so... It's nice? I also get a lightsaber hilt for it, which I install the blue crystal into. Now I can do lightsaber challenges, yaaay.

Finally, I purchased a BB-unit of droid.

BBM4. Yes, they're pink.

Before I rank up, I take a lightsaber challenge which gets rid of my current mission. So... I go to Hondo and pick up the mission to beat him at Sabacc. And watch as I lose all. of. my. credits once again.

You look WAY too cheerful for someone with 2,500 credits to lose at this game...

After losing nearly a thousand credits, however, I WIN A ROUND. Yay! My fun need is also full, so I head back to the Resistance to help them out.

When I reach level four, I get a whole BUNCH of rewards. I make a second lightsaber, this time green. Then I go on to my next mission.

I get to ask Chewbacca for help. Please tell me I will get to see Chewbacca. I love Chewbacca.

There is no Chewbacca sim. Just this.

Alas/

By now it's time to fly a rescue mission to rescue the scientist. I get a lot of fun options and make quick order of it. Then it's time to destroy a jamming device on the TIE fighter.

And that's it. That's the story missions. But wait! I still haven't completed my ambition!

Time to do more random bullshit missions for reputation... hopefully I rank to five fairly quickly...

...I take a quick stop to the cantina to dance and fill up my fun need, since that's getting low, before continuing with the missions.

I finally manage to reach max rank! So I go exploring with the X-Wing the three times I need to.

Ambition complete. The torture is over. I am never going to head back to Batuu. University? Worth it. Vampires? Can be fun. Pets? Hell yes! Strangerville? I know a lot of people don't like it, but I enjoyed it.

Joureny to Batuu? It was just sad. It could have been something great. But it failed at that.

Here's what a black kyber crystal looks like. Yup - it's red.

Just another disappointment on top of the disappointment soup that is the Sims 4: Journey to Batuu.

Next, I'll be doing Snowy Escape, using Mt Komorebi as a vacation world. I'll take Dusty with me - and I think I'll make Samanta move, too. The only reason I wanted her was so I could go to University after all.

After Snowy Escape, I will finally, finally, FINALLY do Realm of Magic. It's what I've been waiting for this entire time.

And after Realm of Magic, Cassidy is going to have an ambition to find a life partner, followed by one to have a family, and she'll finally be able to age up from a Young Adult. (:

Can you spot all the Star Wars stuff?

Snowy Escape

Sims 4 Playthrough: Journey to Batuu Part 2

AND SO IT CONTINUES. With suffering.

I go ahead and cancel Hondo's mission before heading off to the Resistance base. There, I get my next mission.

I take another mission to explore the communities around Black Spire. There were three, so I'll just pick another one. If I get this mission a third time, then I can go for the last community and voila. Resistance support, hopefully.

Galma Vicinity easily accepts trade opportunities and is more than happy to support the Resistance. I report back and grab the mission for the third and final community.

I reach the rank of lietenent and then I get the job of asking scoundrels pass-phrases that make me look crazy. Yay. Back to Ogda Cantina I go. Oh well, at least while I'm there I can fill my fun need. Sims 4 really needs a reward trait for it.

....I also inspire Hondo to join the Resistance, because the option is there and I can. It doesn't work, but it's still funny.

I find the informant easily, and she wants me to swipe a blaster from the First Order supply crates. Cool, let's goooo (and see what other free things I can get).

Well, that didn't work out.

Pay attention to the Droid, not to me.

KYLO REN????

After, uh, several attempts of me refusing to give up while I attract attention and my droid distracts, I finally get the blaster right in front of Kylo Ren and then leave the building. Heh.

I also end up with a red kyber crystal, although I don't think I want a red saber so I'll wait on that. After stealing from a few more supply crates, I go ahead and go back to the cantina. Time to meet with the contact...

While waiting for the contact, I go ahead and dance to fill my fun need some.

So many scoundrels, none of them my contact!

While waiting for my contact, I decided to go and shop at the lightsaber shop. I have a kyber crystal. I want a different color. My options are blue or green since I don't want red. I wanted purple like Samuel L Jackson's character :( Alas. Maybe I can combine blue and red to make purple? Maybe?

Google tells me no, but that I can earn things from missions. So... more waiting for the contact, I guess. SIGH.

I head over to Dok-Ondar's den real quick too, curious about what might be for sale there. Maybe cheaper scrap than the droid shop? I want to upgrade R4M4 after all...

No, but there are some plush ewoks and porgs. I can't resist, I buy one of each. I then head over to a supply crate and attempt to override the locks once the Stormtrooper guarding it walks off. Then check for contact...

It looks like I can give it to any of the scoundrels but I feel like this is a terrible idea, so... I continue to wait. I place down my droid and start messing with it. I decide to install an Aural Sensor Translator under the Protocol droid menu, hoping it doesn't lock me out of installing navigation stuff too. What? I want an all-purpose droid!

I search some scrap piles for scrap, and then amble on back to the cantina. I leveled up to handiness level 8, too, which is nice.

And guess what: STILL no contact!! Where is the informant??? Where are they???

I also sell sold the red kyber crystal. I'll wait for the rare ones, thank you very much. I'm gunning for purple, although white and black also have their appeal. I bet a black lightsaber would look REALLY badass, even in the sims.

Google does not show me a black lightsaber, so for the sake of everyone I'm going to have to get a black one so I can share the image with you. Maybe I will find it. Eventually. Maybe.

Sick of waiting for my contact, I pick a random scoundrel and... get the disruption field. Cool, cool. Time to head to the First Order district.

By now, I am an expert at this.

Look at the droid, not at me...

I'm in!

Wait! You're supposed to ignore me in favor of the droid!

Whoops

After that eventful mission, I report back to Vi Moradi. And, what do you know - I get a blue kyber crystal this time! I also grab a new mission.

Looks like there's a First Order defector, which is awesome. I get the information from the holo-table.

I buy some supplies from the table, and sell all but one of the thermal detonators I've acquired along with the kyber crystal to make sure I have a decent amount of Credits.

I'm also looking for Corra Arrel. I hope this isn't a trick...

I chat with my droid a bit before Corra Arrel shows up. She has a cool hairstyle.

The girl in the blue vest right behind me.

She tells me about a big plan. Time to head back to the Resistance, then, and let Vi know what's up. I get another blue kyber crystal that I keep this time. Turns out Corra got arrested, yikes.

On to the next mission!

I have to trick Lt. Agnon into believing I'm First Order. Yikes! Let's go talk to Rey like she suggested. Ah yes, Rey. I have only seen the first movie of the new trilogy - I know, I know, I'm lame. The first movie was good and then I heard bad things about the second and third and spoiled myself on them and they are super disappointing plotwise, though I'm sure the visual effects are incredible.

I need a First Order uniform and a fake ID card. It leads me to Hondo or Dok-Ondar. I'm going to try Hondo - I LIKE the scoundrels.

Oh.

Oh no.

I have to challenge Hondo to Sabacc for it.

I'm going to try Dok-Ondar now... He has it for 100 credits, WAY less than I'd lose to Sabacc. Sorry, Hondo. Gotta go with this guy. Now to find an officer...

I search some scrap piles for scrap (duh) before heading off to the First Order district.

I can seduce, fight, or bribe for the uniform. I am tempted to seduce... my charisma skill is high... If I combine that with an enchanting introduction, that should work well! And then I can break her heart. Sorry, First Order officer, it'd never work anyway. I do plan to get Cassidy married after she becomes a spellcaster and completes that ambition, and she lives on another planet. Do you want to live on another planet?

I flirt with her a whole bunch too, just to be sure, and somehow manage to piss her off. I... uh... okay?

Aaand she's angry again...

I fail at seducing her for the uniform despite the relationship boost. Someone calls me and warns me about being disliked by someone. Okay, look, I have no problems with the First Order, they have problems with me.

Yet somehow... I get the uniform despite angering her. Uh. Okay.

Cassidy, I don't think that's a very good disguise...

I go to a corner without people and then leave the corner to take the picture. Um. Cassidy. Um... Your hair... Maybe you should... cover that...?

Whatever. Time to convince the Lt. I'm first order.

(He's seen me. He's watched me literally hack into things in front of him???? Cassidy has REALLY OBVIOUS HAIR???)

After getting shocked (twice) by the door, R4M4 is easily able to scramble it. There's no option to convince the Lt. about being First Order which - fine by me. Once I grab the plans, I get the heck out of dodge.

I get some scrap metal as a reward, and I'm still not rank 4 with the resistance. Rank 5 is the max! How much do I need to DO?! On to the next mission...

And looks like Batuu is going to be three parts. Ha.

Part Three