12 July 2011 @ 09:54 am
Round 3 (Spring): McKim  
The last time we saw Milo, he'd just said goodbye to his old pal Jasper and welcomed a new roommate in the form of Yardbird the cat. Let's see what Sainte-Margo's resident jazz pianist is up to now...

Milo: "Lookin' good!"

Yardbird may not be the smartest cat in town.

Jasper sizes up his replacement and finds him less than impressive, but the other bar patrons continue to be won over.

Just as he planned...

Though Milo's being a little bit slow about updating fixtures inside the bar, outside gets a new photo booth and snack machine.


Hrm, okay. Especially given Tabitha and Piet's recent... whatever you'd call it. Both Tabby and Jasper are pleasure/romance sims, so I guess it's not too surprising that they're always on the lookout for potential WooHoos.

Buuut not tonight. Tonight, all Jasper wants is pictures of himself!

Getting back to the current McKim household... (She's kissing him on the nose!) It took some doing, but Milo wins over awesome-faced townie at last.


And now she is mine! Her name is Caryl. Caryl Terrill. She's one of three Caryls generated by the game. Not anymore! I'm calling her Marian. Look at her skills! The only thing I remember about her personality is that she has 0 Neat points, and her OTH is fitness. This is especially appropriate because Milo's next big plan (and major motivation for asking her to move in) is to open a yoga studio. Welcome, Marian!

She has a few cakes in her inventory, and since there's only one chair upstairs, they share a bite down in the bar before opening for the night.

Thierry can dig it! Meanwhile, Marian also digs. They still need more cash for the yoga studio, and it turns out the loan mod I used with Piet and Jasper actually takes its money out of the town funds, which, while extra realistic for the game, also means there's not much left to lend out to Milo. So, she digs.

Aw, hey! I only recently got Apartment Life, so this is my first witch sighting.
Yardbird cuts to the chase and tries to determine if this person is of any use to him. Since she walks away without producing any food, the answer is "no."

Yardbird decides he has no need for her witchy sparkles. As you can see, he is perfectly capable of creating sparkles of his own. Also, he thinks her hat is stupid.



Domesticity, Amy Tang, etcetera.

Between Marian's constant digging and the bar reaching Rank 5, they raise enough money to buy their yoga studio on Thursday night. Yay! Milo is slowly but surely chipping away at his goal of owning five top-level businesses.

And here it is: Main Street Yoga. It's just down the street from the bar. You can see the Batavus house and a bit of the canal there on the right.

40,000 simoleons and worth every... penny? The dreamcatcher in the last picture is a yoga class mod from MTS, here. If anyone knows how to do an invisible recolor, please let me know!

Jasper wants to put in a juice bar in this space eventually, and maybe a nice patio or rock garden; but for now, they just have a little tea table.

The massage room.


And yoga class! Don't be shy, Penelope! Hop in!

Marian is mesmerized by the lightning-induced blaze, while random townie feels both terror and increased customer loyalty.

Then I gave Marian a haircut. I like it, but she made the disgusted face in the mirror afterward. :(

At the end of the day, Main Street Yoga was still Rank 0. As much as I like the building as is, I think I need to add something else since customers don't seem to stick around very long for just yoga. Hm.

This is what 0 Neat points looks like. Milo begins to question his decision to ask Marian to move in.

Then again, it is nice to have someone to share an omelette with at the end of a long day...

 Oh boy. Hang in there, Milo.





 
 
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[identity profile] alt-sparkles.livejournal.com on July 12th, 2011 03:01 pm (UTC)
"Just as he planned..." Haha oh Yardbird...

I love the yoga studio!!
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http://mswn.livejournal.com/[identity profile] mswn.livejournal.com on July 12th, 2011 10:16 pm (UTC)
Thanks! I love it, too.
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[identity profile] susannag.livejournal.com on July 12th, 2011 04:18 pm (UTC)
Love the "random townie feels terror and increased customer loyalty"!
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http://mswn.livejournal.com/[identity profile] mswn.livejournal.com on July 12th, 2011 10:18 pm (UTC)
:) It was definitely an unexpected combination!
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[identity profile] katee412.livejournal.com on July 13th, 2011 03:53 am (UTC)
I <3 Yardbird :D
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[identity profile] clericalrodent.livejournal.com on July 13th, 2011 11:49 am (UTC)
Yardbird's cute. If I were a customer here, I'd be won over too.
Also, "random townie feels terror and increased customer loyalty", lol. XD

And I have to wonder if you play Dragon Age, because "Marian" does look kinda like Marian Hawke with longer hair.
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http://mswn.livejournal.com/[identity profile] mswn.livejournal.com on July 14th, 2011 02:08 am (UTC)
I don't; but after a google, she does look a bit like that Marian. Funny!
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[identity profile] peni griffin on July 13th, 2011 01:19 pm (UTC)
Squee! How do you get nose kissing?

If you've got yoga and massage, shouldn't you have whirlpool baths, too? Maybe a small swimming pool? Exercise equipment? IRL they'd make a good bit of their revenue off side sales of overpriced massage oils and stuff, but I don't know how you'd simulate that.
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http://mswn.livejournal.com/[identity profile] mswn.livejournal.com on July 14th, 2011 02:14 am (UTC)
Ha, it was just a momentary glitch on one of the normal kisses where they were somehow misaligned. But it did look cute!

Those are all good suggestions. I'd considered turning the lobby into a little retail space (especially since no one seems interested in the magazine rack), and there are all sorts of things that could be added to expand on the yoga studio.... But nothing to be done until they earn more money (or until I download the mortgage shrubs!).
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[identity profile] simlili.livejournal.com on October 9th, 2011 10:53 pm (UTC)
Oh, Yardbird ... 8D
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