Nervous Subject
joe_mulcahy:
Delightful thread! Nervous Subject is an intriguing character, and though I could only tolerate him with great difficulty in the beginning, he endeared himself to me over the eighteen months that I've been playing the current Pleasantview/Strangetown merged neighbourhood.
In my merged neighbourhood, Nervous Subject appeared on the Curious lot as he usually does when Pascal Curious goes into labour. Although I was tempted to send him away, for who comes calling at 6:00am in the morning, I let him stay, as Pascal's social bar was low after having the baby. Because Lazlo rolled the want to max out his cooking skill, I had him prepare food, and Pascal(hungry from the labour and delivery) and Nervous (hungry because he is hyperactive) tucked in straightaway, talking constantly. It was odd that Nervous, who tends to not have many interests and loses points whilst talking to others did not do so here, and only gained relationship points with Pascal. After they had dined, I had Pascal interact with Nervous (platonic, as they were initially friends), for he rolled the wants to do so.
Because Vidcund had been abducted during the night, I diverted my attention to him when he returned, and concentrated on fulfilling his wants and needs. Lazlo, who wanted to skill, was set to watching the Yummy Channel. I then heard the chimes that play when a character falls in love, and upon investigation, I saw that Nervous was clinging to Pascal as though for dear life, and earning aspiration points in doing so, for falling in love must have been in his wants.
I was rather surprised that Maxis had seemingly programmed Nervous and Pascal to autonomously fall in love with one another, but far be it from me to interfere with any of the SIMS wants.
I moved Nervous into the Curious home, and he and Pascal were engaged in short order, and that put Nervous in a platinum mood; and he has remained in gold or platinum ever since, as he kept rolling want after want to interact either with Pascal or with Pascal's alien daughter Hypatia. To my surprise, he even cared for Vidcund's daughter Callisto tenderly as well; very odd since he customarily goes around Pleasantview or Strangetown kicking bins, stealing papers, and arguing with anyone he meets.
Nervous eventually banked enough aspiration points to not only remain in the adult lifestage after eighteen months of being played, but also to build a relationship with his mother Olive Spectre and give her two gifts of Elixir of Life when she asked him to move in. Olive Spectre begins the game with only one day left in her life, but Nervous gave her thirty additional days, and by the end of those thirty days Olive was able to bank enough points to get her own elixir of life, and she too is alive today and doting on Hypatia, and her other grandchildren.
Yes, you’ve heard correctly when I said that Olive Spectre has “grandchildren.” I use very few hacks as a rule, but with a gay couple in the neighbourhood, I installed the “Pregnancy For All Genders” hack from TwoJeffs, and Pascal was soon pregnant again with Nervous’s child, who they named Kitty Epimetheus. Nervous Subject got pregnant with Pascal’s child next, and they named the boy Ganymede. Olive, Nervous, Pascal, Kitty Epimetheus and Ganymede all live together at Olive’s house (Hypatia is currently at the University), but they frequently move back to the old Curious house as well, as that keeps the relationship with Vidcund, Lazlo and Callisto strong.
In a very recent development, Nervous Subject was spraying the plants and he is now a plant person. He is happier than ever now, and Pascal and Hypatia often roll the want to be plant people as well.
I would post pictures of these events if anyone is interested? I’ll have to go back and read the rules of this particular forum, but I’ll show the pictures if anyone is interested.
animaluver4:
Well, in mine, Nervous moved back in with his Mother [Olive Spector] and died of fright. Eeegh.
DannyRock:
In my game Olive died but was brought back to life with a potion and I aged her to a teen... She still lives in the old house that has a few less ghosts because I decided to bring a few of them back to life as well... Ripp Grunt had married Ophelia and had two children with her in that house but the ghosts were so bad at the time that I moved a nanny in and moved them out... I aged the nanny to an adult and she ended up marrying one of the ghosts that I brought back to life and they adopted Olive but I might move her in with Nervous and his family...
Nervous's son David grew up into an afult but the gardener that he was planning to marry ended up falling for Lyla Grunt and moved in with her... So for two days before David's birthday, Nervous called up and befriended two other gardeners and invited them over so David could get to know them... David didn't like the first one too much but really liked the second one... Nervous then asked the second one to move in right before David's birthday and I had planned to throw an elaborate wedding for the two of them, but there was a little ummmmmm woohoo thing that happened and I had to rush things a bit... On the night of David's birthday, things got a little wild and he had to get engaged to her right away... The next night, David's bride to be started to show and so they were married in a rushed private ceremony right before sunrise on the third day... David and his new wife Debbie then moved out and got a nice house right next door... The night they moved into their new house. Debbie gave birth to twins... One boy and one girl... Unlike his father, David wants to be a cop and will join the police force once the twins, who are now toddlers, become children... I'll post some pictures a little bit later,
DannyRock:
Nervous's two sons David and Allen...
Nervous's mother Olive. Now a teen...
David's wedding... Married a gardener named Debbie...
Nervous and the rest of the family watch the wedding...
Nervous and David after David's wedding...
David and Debbie have twins...
David with Daughter Farrah...
Debbie with son Next...
Farrah and Next as children...
David Subject becomes a cop...
kattan:
I just started playing in my Strangetown neighbourhood again after a bit of, ah, housekeeping (I removed two of the CAS families I had as they were failed attempts at a legacy and were cluttering up the 'hood) with a new CAS named Venus de Milo. (I was in a weird mood, okay?) As per usual the Strangetown welcome wagon included Nervous (also arriving to welcome her to the neighbourhood were Pascal Curious and Jenny Smith; Vidcund Curious came over to shove her since she was spying through the telescope for fun and logic points before the group arrived) and first action was a prank.
Yeah. Way to build people skills. But Venus apparently thought this was GREAT because the relationship progressed to positive. Long story short, they worked to best friends AND crush on the same visit O.o NO clue.
So, rather than change him on the lot, I saved after he left and moved from the de Milo lot to the Beaker lot. And went a bit nuts with makeovers (it was hilarious to me - Nervous did that 'guy I'm so cool' nod to his; Loki and Circe BOTH did that 'woohoo I'm so freakin' hawt now rawr!' thing. Pics will appear at some point when I'm not at work) AND decided Nervous needed a job in... hell, law enforcement. He's doing pretty good at it, too, tons of promotions already.
Then I saved there and headed back to the de Milo lot, where Venus invited Nervous over for a visit. That turned into a date. That lead to them falling in love and BOTH rolling the Get Engaged want. Currently in my game Venus and Nervous have an infant daughter named Athena who I'm hoping will turn out well; I know people make fun of Nervous' appearance but I think he looks damn hot, and Venus isn't a sparkling beauty herself as she's a retroformatted self-Sim (replaced her hair colour, removed glasses and gave her extra freckles; I think she's a cutie but most people would probably dis her nose... the only thing I DIDN'T change from my self-Sim) but we'll see. Meanwhile at the Beakers, Loki and Circe rolled the want to Have a Baby so I let them get on with that, and they currently have an infant son named Seth.
/babblemode
EDIT BECAUSE I'M STUPID: By the by, they didn't really have much chemistry when they were initially on the lot, but after I played the Beaker lot a bit and went back... two bolts. Probably helped by the fact that they dig each other's hair and Venus is a knowledge sim; all my family/knowledge couples spark like mad.
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