Wrightley



The time has come to add a new lot, and a new surname, to the neighborhood. The one responsible for this is Nadia Nettles, the oldest of the Nettles girls and one of the new graduates from last round. Here she's watering the flowers outside her new home, a starter lot downloaded from somewhere.



She needed a make-over. Her sweater clashed against her pants, and while that spiky hair worked for her in college, it's not exactly what you expect from a Captain Hero, is it?

So, time to go get her two-bolt fiancé.



Since Guy Wrightley is a uni playable, I had to pop into his Greek House and fast forward him to graduation. Hey, look, he grew up into a decent outfit!



Because he wants to be a general, and was already wearing a dark green shirt, I decided to go with it. He loved the military look.

Guy is a Taurus popularity sim, 2/5/7/2/9. He likes brown hair and formalwear, but dislikes swimclothes.



They both found jobs in the careers of their choice, but since Guy had next to no skill points, it's going to be a long climb for him. Nadia, on the other hand, fulfilled her dream in next to no time!

But they had other matters on their minds as well - like a wedding. Since both are popularity sims, a wedding party was a must, and since Guy barely knows anybody in Strawberry Fields, it was up to Nadia to invite the guests.



Some of them very rudely headed straight for the kitchen to gorge themselves on chips...



While others made each other uncomfortable with inappropriate conversation.

Remus, you're married to Laura, and Rose is engaged to Tavarez. Stop telling poor Frances J how attractive you find her - can't you see he's wishing he was anywhere but there right now?

But the time has come for the main event itself - the wedding.







And it's at this point, literally just as Guy and Nadia finish their vows, that I discover it. He has three bolts for another woman. One he's just met. One who is a guest at the wedding, and a close friend of his bride.



I'll give you a hint. It's the married woman, heavily pregnant with her second child, who's refusing to actually watch the ceremony. Yep - Paige Antonius Ryan.

Oy vey. No good can come of this.



But the wedding party proceeds happily, with pillow fights, dirty jokes, and the groom hearting over his bride, not that other woman. Nadia shares a moment with her step-grandmother Contessa Sadie.



And Paige's mother Tori Antonius steps in to distract her good friend Remus so he'll stop telling everybody about his attraction to Rose Forsythe.



Time for a short but hopefully sweet honeymoon.



And as they return home, they consummate their marriage. Well, maybe they did that on their honeymoon, but if so, nobody told me about it.

Guy now has a want to have a baby, but I ignored that. I had already decided these two weren't going to have any kids; for one thing, the neighborhood is already getting crowded, and for another... well, have you looked at him? Most sims who get married roll up that want, but it goes away soon enough, unless they're family sims.

But just to spite me, I'm sure, Guy's doesn't. It stays in his want panel for the rest of the week. I don't think I've ever had a non-family sim be so persistent about it. Maybe he's hiding behind the idea of a baby in an attempt to deny his feelings for Paige?



Nadia jumps into something new, exploring the paranormal, while Guy works hard at gaining skill points so he can earn promotions in his military career.



He does manage to spend some time making friends and just hanging out with them. The hot tub is great for that. But did you know that when you cancel the "soak in hot tub" icon just as your sim is splashing someone, this can happen?



And it sticks around for quite some time.



Ooookay. Seriously, you two, did you ever hear of personal space? And Guy, get your hand out of her bladder, because it's making that glitched spray of water go from funny to icky.



It's still around when night falls outside.



Yep, still there... And so is the "have a baby" want. Man, that Guy is one stubborn sim.



Oh yeah, the other glitch. Nadia got promoted to Cult Leader. Then the next night she went to work, and came home with the message that someone (I don't remember who, but I think it was someone who isn't even in that career) had pulled some strings for her at work, and she had been promoted to Cult Leader.

Please explain to me how you can be promoted to what you already are?

The next time she went to work, she was once again told she'd been promoted to Cult Leader... This was all getting a little too paranormal for me, so she started looking for a new job.

And that's where we leave them for now. Will their marriage last, despite Guy's strong attraction to his wife's best friend? Will Guy ever reach the top of his career, or be free of the spraying water? Will Nadia be able to leave the paranormal career track, or is she doomed to be promoted to Cult Leader every night she goes to work for the rest of her life?

You're going to have to wait a whole round to find out... And by then, you'll probably have forgotten all about it.

Points this round: 3. One for the new sim (Guy) and two for TOCs (Law enforcement and paranormal for Nadia).



Lily Forsythe is a trash can kicker!