Chapter 6.1 - A Depressing Salad

Hello again! I am back!

So, if you didn't know, for the past month I have been fighting against my game. Everything from game breaking glitches to the game just crashing on its own, it's been an uphill struggle just to play the damn game, let along continue on the legacy.

I narrowed down the cause of this chaos to three things:

1) Bridgeport. Bridgeport in my game hardly ever works properly, and I've had more crashes in Bridgeport than any other neighbourhood.

2) Ghosts. Turns out that having the ghosts of the deceased ancestors was cool in theory, but after a few generations, things start to go very wrong. As evidenced by Nate and Bai loitering around well into the afternoon, the ghosts were beginning to become a problem.

3) Inventories. Having four generations worth of crap in the family and personal inventories was causing the game to lag and break.

Therefore, my solution to all of these was to take Christine, age her up, and dump her in a new neighbourhood by herself. Yes, that means losing the ghosts and the previous ancestors, but if it means that Christine has the chance to take over the legacy, I'll take it.

Before I reveal Christine as a young adult, let's take a moment to say goodbye to Robin and Chloe.

Robin McKracken, the Martial Arts Master and all round cool guy who aged like fine wine. Rarely do I have a Sim who succeeds in life so much as this man did. Completing his Lifetime Wish before he reached adulthood? Check. Managing to raise a child by himself? Check. Defeating two mummies in a tomb without breaking a sweat? Done and dusted. He's so powerful that he managed to reverse his ageing and go back to being an adult after becoming an elder.

A little fact I didn't tell you all: In the very first timeline of Generation Five, the one with Chauncey Grimm (remember him), this man was alive at 116 days old. He was still going when the Generation Six heir took over. And he showed absolutely no signs of dying.

Robin McKracken really is that powerful that even the Grim Reaper is afraid to take him away.

Rest In Peace, you beautiful man.

Chloe McKracken, the woman who lived through three alternate timelines and two different careers. First, she was an acrobat, and managed to reach the top of the career and earn a ton of money just by showing up to her gigs. I would send her to her gig location, let her do her thing, and she could back 20 grand richer. In her third runthrough as heiress, she was an author who excelled in the dramatic genre, because her life was a soap opera at that point. She's also been the mother to three different set of children: a trio of boys from the first timeline, a girl from the second, and another girl from the third. I never got to see her as an elder, so she will always be young in my heart.

Rest In Peace, you beautiful woman.

And now, onto the woman who will tasked of taking over the legacy and somehow becoming a famous actress:

Christine McKracken. As you can see, her love for spice brown has stuck with her into her young adulthood. As have her thicc(TM) eyebrows. She looks as grumpy as ever, and I love it. Never change, Christine.

Her final trait is, and this is what came up when I hit Randomise: Brooding.

So her traits are: Good, Grumpy, Party Animal, Rebellious, and Brooding.

Who even is this woman?

Anyways, Christine grew tired of living under the same roof as her mother and grandfather, so she moved to the town of Starlight Shores to kick start her acting career. She only took a small amount of money with her, so she's living in a small two bedroom house relatively close to the beach.

Pretty basic, but at least she has everything she needs to get started.

And yes, the pathway annoys me too. I do eventually get around to fixing it.

Christine's first job was to head over to the film studio and sign up to be a background extra.

Chrstine: Huh. Same as the one in Bridgeport.

That's because it is.

Her next job was to go out and meet some new people. 

What better place than the library?

Christine's method of "meeting new people" was to go to a random person, mildly insult them, tell them her name and then walk off.

Christine: Hello, Blonde Boy McCheckshirt. My name is Christine McKracken. Goodbye.

Christine: Hello, Mr Muscle Beard Face. My name is Christine McKracken. Goodbye.

Christine: Hello, Afro Paparazzi Man. My name is Christine McKracken. Goodbye.

To no-one's surprise, she didn't make any friends.

The next place she went to was the pool.

Christine: Hot damn, another checked shirt boy.

Though she did meet someone who caught her eye.

Christine: Hello Pretty Boy. My name is Christine McKracken. I've just met you, ä̸̧̫͈̦̖̝̼́̒͜ṇ̸̨̹̟̤͈̂͑̄̂̑̿̇͗ḑ̶̲̬̞̲͇̇͜ ̵͖̍̌̌į̵̜̬͇̙̿͗̅̽̐ ̶͎̬̳͛̑́̆̓̈́̇ľ̷̼̺̮͖̩̞̤̭o̸̧͓̺͛̔̌v̶̨̛̤̣̓͠ê̴̡̳̊͌̈́̆́͝ ̵͓̳͉͂̉̀ý̶͔̳͍̮̒͌̌̏̉̉͂͜o̴̖͙͊͜u̷͎͍̪͖̤̦̿̏̌͌͛.

For some unknown reason, this man was not disturbed by Christine's behaviour.

As the night wore on and Christine headed back home, she treated herself to the most depressing salad ever.

Christine: This is my life now.

I only included this because I wanted to show Christine's sleep wear. It's impractical, and adorable.

The next day, the Summer Festival rolled around, so Christine jogged on over to check out what the park had to offer.

One of those things was a hot dog eating contest.

I see an eating contest, and I have flashbacks to Christine as a child eating a blueberry pie.

The face of nightmares.

After winning, and storing the hot dogs away for later as she is a starving film actress, Christine stumbled upon a random fighting taking place in the middle of the park.

Christine: Ugh, could you not.

You know my first reaction upon seeing Kristin Law, the sim on the right with the blonde pigtails. It was "Good GOD woman, what the hell are you wearing?!"

And you'll soon see why.

What is that outfit?

WHAT IS THAT OUTFIT?

It looks like the worst of the 70's threw up.

And the poor woman being beaten up?

Today was not her day.

It was at this point that Christine decided to head to the beach.

I don't use Starlight Shores that much, but it is very pretty. It's like a more tropical version of Sunset Valley.

Christine: Hmm... I'm all alone in a new town, and I'm swimming past the safety barriers in the ocean.

Christine: You proud of me now, mum?

Meanwhile, back in Bridgeport, reports come through of a Chloe McKracken having a mental breakdown over her daughter's recklessness.

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A new chapter comes to a close! It's been a while, and I can only apologise. The things I've had to do to get the game working again, it's a miracle it's I was even able to play long enough to write a new chapter. Everything now seems to be in working order, so here's hoping I won't have to wait a month to write a new chapter >_>

See you next time!