#Victor and Smiler had their work cut out for them in the front!

[victorluvsalice]

-->And then, finally, it was off to the store to actually open at a reasonable hour! Fortunately, when the trio arrived, the weather was merely chilly and partly cloudy, meaning there was no need to mess with the weather and get anyone electrocuted or anything like that. Alice, who was feeling the Fury, got sent off to have Zoomies, while Smiler grabbed a nice plasma pack snack before Victor officially opened the doors. He and Smiler then went around clearing "out of stock" signs while waiting for their first customer --

-->Who turned out to be none other than Agnes Crumplebottom. Stomping around all annoyed as usual. XD I had Smiler go say hi and chat with her to spare Victor her bad mood, and by the end, while she wasn’t any happier, she was at least receptive to a sales pitch. Good work, Smiler. :) Even if she did end up giving you a spook!

-->And then – well, it was all about handling the crowd of customers, socializers, and loiterers that came to the new hot grocery shop on the block! Victor and Smiler roamed the sales floor, asking customers about their price ranges, offering information on the products, and generally being as enthusiastic as they could be about the place. Smiler even dropped a "Happy Bomb" at one point with their "Influence Emotion" power to make sure everyone was having an excellent shopping experience! And it all did very much pay off -- quite literally, because the customers were buying things. XD Smiler got their first sale from a guy named Yuuna for a jar of lettuce conserve -- this was followed quickly by a guy named Mitchell buying a box of canned tomato sauce and Darrel Charmer buying a crate of chocolate milk (and me getting another LE around the same time – it DEFINITELY seems like some of Simsonian Library’s bulk food products and Brazen Lotus’s retail fridge stuff aren’t playing quite nice. Have to check on that later!), then two quill fruit sales and someone buying a Focused Scent after the "Happy Bomb." Nice!

-->But what about Alice? Well, she came back from her Zoomies less Furious but much hungrier, so I sent her straight to the break room to grab a few chicken nuggets and chow down. Once she'd had her lunch, she got put on restocking duty -- specifically, making new baked goods to fill the bakery section! She started by baking some butterscotch cupcakes in the oven, because now we can do that, shock of shocks. Don't know if I approve of her scratching herself so close to them afterward, but she's not in her furry form, so it's probably fine. XD

#sims 4 #the lazy save #victor van dort #alice liddell #smiler always #yes I did find it very funny that their first customer was AGNES XD #Smiler probably talked to her longer than they should have because of it #but I she DID end up buying something so not wasted effort! #it was quite amusing to see her stomping around as Victor and Smiler tried to make sales #but yeah pretty busy day in the store #Victor and Smiler had their work cut out for them in the front! #even with Smiler having the ability to make customers super happy if they so choose #meanwhile Alice is just here eating chicken nuggies and making cupcakes #we should all envy her XD #(well until we remember she's a werewolf and has that little 'Fury' problem) #(very grateful for my mods that give me extra ways to lower Fury) #queued

[victorluvsalice]

But of course, Victor and Smiler had to dress up too! So, once they'd completed their pumpkins -- both excellent quality, I'm proud to reveal -- I had them pick their costumes! Victor stayed with Alice's space-related theme and put on an astronaut suit, while Smiler ended up as a cheerleader as I wanted to see what the masculine form of the outfit looked like. Kinda -- dull, honestly. I was expecting something with brighter colors. *shrug* Ah well, at least I'm sure it was comfortable! They headed inside to noodle around on their instruments -- Victor working again on that damn song that's been in his inventory for AGES because songs take TOO LONG TO WRITE; Smiler just singing someone else's song on their guitar -- while Alice headed upstairs to nuzzle Kelly and give her some love --

AND THEN, A POSSESSED CHILD APPEARED. O.O Well, more specifically, a random kid came up on the porch (the game didn't label her a trick-or-treater, and she didn't have a costume, so I guess she was just a random visitor), knocked on the door -- then pulled out a digital sketchpad and started sketching. And I'm guessing that's an item that kids aren't actually supposed to use, as she promptly did that thing where the legs stretch out and the kid starts hovering because the game's trying to use the adult skeleton or something. *facepalm* Sims 4, why are you like this sometimes...

However, something else appeared on the porch as well, as the possessed child finished up her sketching and eventually wandered off -- a specter! I figured that you HAD to give specters a gift on Halloween and had Smiler offer it their latest batch of skin balm. The specter was NOT appreciative -- possibly because it doesn't have skin. Smiler's attempts to communicate didn't pan out either, and I had them head inside to instead do something else Spookfest-related --

Namely, watch a terrible horror movie about a killer bunny-man with a chainsaw. At least, I think that's the intended plot of Moonlight Massacre III in-game. XD It took me a bit to get everyone settled properly on the couch, and there was another interruption from a trick-or-treater midway through(which I didn't mind, as it allowed Smiler to give them some candy and tick the tradition on their list), but they did get through it, and they all seemed to enjoy it well enough. Victor and Alice then had some cake and went to bed while Smiler went to jam on their guitar (getting skill level 9 out of it, yay), all while the jack-o-lanterns burned merrily in the front yard and the fish swam merrily in their little tank. :) It seemed to be the perfect Spookfest...

And then Alice woke up shortly before the 2 AM cut-off time with her Fury RAGING, despite an earlier Somber Howl and the fact that it was a new moon. Once again, I figured it was easier to tip her over the edge than try to bring it down, and so she ended her Spookfest with another brief rampage, marking her territory and digging in the dirt. I mean, at least this time she didn't change uncontrollably under a full moon in the middle of a party full of Smiler's friends? :p Maybe Alice going on a little werewolf fury-fest is gonna be another Spookfest tradition around here...

Anyway -- next week, we have a brief break from the Chill Valicer Save so I can show off another one of my builds here! And then the week AFTER that, it's back to farm chores and store stuff! See you then!

#sims 4 #the lazy save #victor van dort #alice liddell #smiler always #yeah I looked at the masc cheerleader outfit and was like #'could have put in a bit more effort maybe?' #but then again maybe I'm just too used to the fem cheerleader outfits and all the ruffles and sparkles and exposed skin #Smiler looked comfy so that's all that matters #and yes I'm not sure who that child was or why they knocked on the door if they weren't a trick-or-treater #but they sure were possessed for a second #you'd think the team would make sure any interaction that kids can't do without stretching would be forbidden to them #including Eco Lifestyle NAP idles and the like #but nooope #oh Sims 4 #and yes I was rather surprised to see Alice feeling that furious after I'd done everything I could to keep said fury down #sometimes I wonder if it actually starts going up faster after a certain point if you've suppressed it for a while #to stop you never having a rampage #at least now she's a powerful werewolf with a pretty tight hold on herself #so her rampages last just as long as it takes for me to scavenge the ground once or twice XD #and I suppose it IS appropriate for Spookfest soo #queued